Motivation
I study Esperanto on Duolingo. I built up some basic vocabulary and try to explore more details of the languages now. As a result, I looked into Esperanto resources.
Update:
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2021-05-31: Added resources from “Finished the Esperanto tree, now what?” via duolingo
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2021-10-09: add esperanta retradio
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2021-10-16: add Mazi en Gondolando and tekstaro
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2022-01-10: add Wiktionary and kaikki.org
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2022-05-18: adding many links in the “Listening and Watching” section and also libro.ee
By linguistic aspects
Listening and Watching
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Documentary
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Youtube: documentary “The Universal Language” in English (here) or Esperanto, 28min, homepage esperantodocumentary.com
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Youtube channels
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Esperanto Variety Show by Tomaso: discussions on the language and generic videos about life
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KeepItSimpleEsperanto: short Esperanto commentaries about life
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Exploring Esperanto: Esperanto and English channel, includes sketches in Esperanto and English
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Fingtam Esperanto: Fingtam focuses on intercultural exchange, educational literature and accompanies his Esperanto studies with the camera
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Video lectures in slow, clear and usually easy Esperanto by German Polyglot
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Sketches and dialogues
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Subtitled sketch called “Part 1 - Esperanto Encounter”
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Alex Miller performs “to be or not to be” soliloquy from Hamlet in Esperanto
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Pasporto al la tuta mondo: 16-episode soap opera
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Mazi en Gondolando: Cute story by BBC in Esperanto for beginners
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Podcast and radio
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Pola retradio: public radio about Poland in Esperanto
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esperanta retradio: short monthly articles published in text and speech
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Radio Vaticana: Esperanto branch of Vatican News
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Audiobooks
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La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
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Audiobooks on elerno.cn (sometimes with texts)
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Lernu audio files (requires login)
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Music
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Vinilkosmo: independent label that produces, publishes, and distributes exclusively bands and artists who sing in Esperanto (also on Youtube)
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music videos by i.d.c.
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Chuck Smith’s “Esperanto live concert videos” list with 26 items
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El Popola Ĉinio by the Chinese Government
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Audio and videos on Claude Piron’s website
Also refer to Esperanto-language singers (e.g. Kim J. Henriksen). And also Katalogo de Esperanta retenhavo.
Reading
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Monato (magazine)
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Literatura Foiro (magazine)
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Books and novels on Claude Piron’s website
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Esperanto language blog by Tomaso
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Articles by Claude Piron
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Brazilo.org: Brazilian Esperanto community
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libro.ee: many Esperanto books (original and translations) to download
See also List of Esperanto periodicals. And also there are plenty of books written in Esperanto (follow the names of writers below).
Writing
Same as speaking. If you want someone to proofread your text, you can use e.g. lang-8 (is actually language-agnostic).
By resource
Dictionaries
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tekstaro: dictionary for linguistic research
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“Plena vortaro de Esperanto kun Suplemento” kaj “Nova Plena Ilustrita Vortaro” (PDF)
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Wiktionary and kaikki.org for download of Wiktionary data
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Reta Vortaro: has a better coverage e.g. for mathematics
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Book: Matematiko terminaro kaj krestomatio by Raoul Bricard
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Computer vocabulary
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Reta Vortaro (ReVo) (“Internet Dictionary”)
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Android apps
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duolingo: learn fundamentals by reading/listening/writing sentences
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Amikumu: find people nearby who speak or learn the same languages as the user
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Learn Esperanto with phrases
Learn Vocabulary
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Lernu! (website)
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duolingo (website)
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Anki decks on AnkiWeb (requires login)
Summaries
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Grammar summaries or theoretical introductions
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Esperanto Chicago: A Key to the Inter-National Language Esperanto
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Esperanto Grammar by Jirka Hana
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Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko (PMEG): manual of grammar by Bertilo Wennergren (often called “the most comprehensive grammar book”)
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Grammar explained on lernu (similar to PMEG)
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Vocabulary and pronunciation and grammar on lingolia
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Simple learning course on molossia.org in 10 lessons
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An Elementary Esperanto Primer by Daniel M. Albro (PDF)
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Articles/summaries for intermediate users
See also: Esperanto on DMOZ
Regional in Austria/Graz
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Das „Esperanto“ Café
Global Esperanto institutions
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TEJO: Esperanto youth organization
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E@I (Education@Internet): international youth non-profit organization (homepage)
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Somera Esperanto-Studado: summer workshop
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Pasporta Servo: a hospitality exchange service available both online and in print that lists people in Esperanto culture who are willing to offer free homestays to speakers of Esperanto
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Universal Esperanto Association: largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5501 individual members in 121 countries and 9215 through national associations (in 2015)[1] and in official relations with the United Nations
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Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda: independent worldwide cultural Esperanto association of a general left-wing orientation
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World Esperanto Congress: annual Esperanto convention
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edukado: la paĝaro por instruistoj de Esperanto
Questions and answers
Territories with Esperanto as official language
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Neutral Moresnet alias Amikejo (1816–1920)
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Republic of Rose Island (1968–1969)
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Republic of Molossia (Wikipedia) (1977–today)
Original works, Zamenhof resources
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Dr. Esperanto’s International Language: 1887 book by L. L. Zamenhof, in which he first introduced and described the constructed language Esperanto
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Fundamento de Esperanto: 1905 book by L. L. Zamenhof, in which the author explains the basic grammar rules and vocabulary that constitute the basis of the constructed language Esperanto
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Video: L. L. Zamenhof Speaking Esperanto - Unika video de Zamenhof (1909)
Famous Esperantistoj (writers)
… and many more (Writers of Esperanto literature, Translators to Esperanto).
Conclusion
Esperanto has a long and rich history and is still lively today.
You are familiar with Esperanto? Enjoy some of the resources above.
You are new to Esperanto? Read some quotes on Esperanto for entertainment.