Saturday, August 24, 2013

Universalglot Lessons from the Handbook, Lesson 1

These are sentences from page 11 of the 1868 Handbook of Universalglot. 

Universalglot - English - Esperanto


I habe brod. I have bread. Mi havas panon. 
I habe bir. I have beer. Mi havas bieron.
Habe vos molt brod? Have you much bread? Ĉu vi havas multe da panon?
Habe ili vin? Do they have wine? Ĉu ili havas vinon?
Ili habe. They have. Ili havas.
Ese vor pater in haus? Is your father in the house? Ĉu via patro estas en la domo?
Il ese. He is. Li estas.

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I = I = mi
Habe = have = havas
Brod = bread = pano
Bir = beer = biero
Vos = you = vi
Molt = much = multa, multe
Ili = they = ili
Vin = wine = vino
Ese = is = estas
Vor = your = via
Pater = father = patro
In = in = en
Haus = house = domo
Il = he or she = li  aŭ ŝi

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Practice: 
1. Copy each new word 5 times each.
2. Copy each sentence 2 times each. 
3. Write 5 sentences in Universalglot. 

Ezercado:
1. Kopiu ĉiun vorton 5 fojoj.
2. Kopiu ĉiun frazon 2 fojoj.
3. Skribu 5 frazojn en Universalglot. 

Please write your Universalglot sentences as a comment!
Bonvolu, skribu viajn Universalglotajn frazojn kiel 'comment!'

Friday, August 23, 2013

What is Universalglot?

Universalglot is a international auxiliary language created by French linguist Jean Pirro in 1868. Other international auxiliary languages are Volapük, created in 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest from Baden, Germany, and Esperanto, created in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish doctor.

While Esperanto has become the most widely used international auxiliary language, and even Volapük, though much declined from its peak of popularity, continues to have annual conventions, Universalglot never developed supporters or speakers and until recently has only been available to the very few who had access to Jean Pirro's book.

Now, however, Jean Pirro's book is available on the internet and therefore Universalglot can be studied by anyone who has an interest.

Here is a sample text in Universalglot, with translations into English and Esperanto.

Universalglot: Men senior, I sende evos un gramatik e un verb-bibel de un nuov glot nomed universal glot. In futur, I scriptrai evos semper in dit glot. I pregate evos responden ad me in dit self glot.

Esperanto: ”Mia sinjoro, mi sendas al vi gramatikon kaj vortaron de nova lingvo nomata universala lingvo. En estonteco mi skribados al vi ĉiam en ĉi tiu lingvo. Mi petas vin respondi al mi en la sama lingvo.”

English: "Sir, I send you a grammar and dictionary of a new language called universal language (universal glot). In the future I will write to you always in this language. I ask you to respond to me in the same language."