What is Esperanto Latina?

Esperanto Latina is a slightly slimplified version of Esperanto with no diacritics. It is designed to make the language easier to learn and write while preserving the core of Esperanto. It has two fewer letters and a few were shifted around to match the Latin alphabet. This means that it has the same 26 letters found on common keyboards, though some have different pronunciations than in English. You can read further about the specific changes down below.

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The specifics of Esperanto Latina

The following is the list of changes to move from Esperanto to Esperanto Latina

  1. Ĥ (Hx) ==> K
    1. Least used letter in Esperanto. Essentially deletes the letter
  2. J ==> Y
  3. ŭ (ux) ==> w
  4. ĝ (gx) ==> j
  5. ĵ (jx) ==> ŝ (==> x)
    1. Second least used letter in Esperanto. Essentially deletes the letter. "ŝ" was chosen instead of z both because of the similarity in sound and because it is the third least common letter in Esperanto, which should reduce the number of word collisions.
  6. ŝ (sx) ==> x
  7. ĉ (cx) ==> q
  8. Some words have been remapped to alternate spellings to avoid word collision ambiguities. You can see them all here

Where to learn Esperanto Latina?

Spoken Esperanto Latina is nearly identical to Esperanto. Because of this you can learn Esperanto first and then later switch to the written language of Esperanto Latina.

If you want to start directly in learning Esperanto Latina, visit our language learning area here.