ESPERANTO MOVEMENT AS A SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENON: FROM THE MUCH TO MODERN

Abstract

The article describes the current state of the national Esperanto movement as a sociocultural phenomenon. Esperanto is the most widespread planned international language, which does not pretend to replace ethnic languages, but seeks to become an auxiliary means of international communication of people of different na- tionalities. Esperanto (esperanto – hopeful) is an international language created by Polish physician and poly- glot Louis Lazar Zamenhof in 1887 on the basis of the most common European languages and international vocabulary. Esperanto aims to create immediate and equal opportunities for everyone in international affairs. An analysis of the current development of the Esperanto movement in Ukraine was carried out in accordance with the main activities of the Esperanto community: cultural, educational, and propaganda. The further study of the socio-pedagogical foundations of the development of the Esperanto movement as a socio-cultural, inter- lingual phenomenon of the past and the present, in particular, the social activity of Esperantists in the cultural, publishing, and the Esperanto and other areas of the activities of the Esperanto centers, are needed.