About Esperanto (The Full Audiobook)

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01:12 Why is a second language needed?
03:57 A History of Esperanto
06:38 FAQs about Esperanto
08:30 Esperanto Spelling and Pronunciation
10:37 Esperanto Grammar
14:27 Esperanto Vocabulary and Word-Building
19:57 Other Basic Esperanto Words
22:38 The Correlative Table
24:36 Sample Conversations
34:43 Sample Correspondence
39:39 Suggestions for Further Reading
44:35 Esperanto Today and Tomorrow
48:06 Want to Know More?

Alex Vaughn Miller reads aloud the complete text of the booklet About Esperanto from 1972. Special thanks to Lee Miller for scanning this document and uploading the file to the Duolingo Esperanto Learners group on Facebook.

Here’s a link to the bilingual (English/Esperanto) children’s book The Marriage of the Muffin Man mentioned in the recording: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1093879157/

The recording of this audiobook has been made possible by a grant from Esperanto-USA. Visit https://www.esperanto-usa.org to find out how you can become a member and get more involved in the Esperanto community.

A small mistake kept happening in one of the sample conversations. While Mrs. Baumann is correctly introduced as Sinjorino B, her lines are later announced as coming from “Sinjoro B” when it should have been “Sinjorino B” each time since that is what “S-ino” is actually short for.