Esperanto: Pasporta Servo

"Pasporta Servo" (Passport service) of TEJO, the World Organisation of Young Esperantists, is a unique service that was started more than 30 years ago, in 1974. While providing a service to Esperanto-speaking hosts and guests, at the same time it demonstrates, easily and clearly, to the outside public that Esperanto[1] is useful and that it works in practice. Many people learn Esperanto only because they want to travel by means of Pasporta Servo. You've never heard of it? Read More
Pasporta Servo is a hospitality network, currently consisting of some 1450 hosts in more than 91 countries around the globe.
If you like:
• to pay little or nothing for accommodation
• to meet new and interesting people, who will accept you in their homes
• to see the places only the locals know
• to avoid language problems abroad
• to take your time to learn about the country and their people
then maybe Pasporta Servo is something for you.
The Pasporta Servo (Passport Service) is a hospitality service for Esperantists. The service publishes a directory of people from countries on every continent who are willing to host other Esperanto speakers in their homes for free. Within the Esperanto culture, the annual directory is considered an important publication, second only to the Plena Ilustrita Vortaro (La Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (English: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto[1], abbreviated as PIV) is a monolingual dictionary of the language Esperanto. It was first compiled in 1970 by a large team of Esperanto linguists and specialists under the guidance of Gaston Waringhien[4] and is published by the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda[5]). As of 2007, there are 1320 hosts in 92 countries. The Pasporta Servo directory is published every year by TEJO, the World Organization for Young Esperantists.

[1] Esperanto (help•info) is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto (Esperanto translates as 'one who hopes'), the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof[2] published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro[3], in 1887. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy-to-learn and politically neutral language that transcends nationality and would foster peace and international understanding between people with different regional and/or national languages.
[2] Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof ( born Leyzer Leyvi Zamengov 1859 – 1917) was the inventor of Esperanto, the most successful constructed language designed for international communication.




[3]The Unua Libro (Esperanto: [uˈnua ˈlibro], First Book) was the first publication to describe the international language Esperanto (then called Lingvo Internacia, "international language"). It was first published in Russian on July 26, 1887 in Warsaw, by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. Over the next few years editions were published in Russian, Hebrew, Polish, French, German, and English. This booklet included the Lord's Prayer, some Bible verses, a letter, poetry, the sixteen rules of grammar and 900 roots of vocabulary. Zamenhof declared, "an international language, like a national one, is common property." Zamenhof signed the work as "Doktoro Esperanto" and the title Esperanto stuck as the name of the language which, in Esperanto, means "one who is hoping".

[4] Gaston Waringhein (1901 - 1991) was a French linguist, lexicographer, and Esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics. He was chairman of the Akademio de Esperanto.




[5] Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (SAT; in English, World Anational [alternatively: Non-National] Association) is an independent worldwide cultural Esperanto association of a general left-wing orientation. Its headquarters are in Paris.