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Passporta Servo

de Alkanadi, 2016-marto-16

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Alkanadi (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-16 14:52:53

Interesting map of Passporta Servo locations:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8...

Esperanto seems to be the most densely populated in Europe.

Alkanadi (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-16 15:11:40

I found this funny picture on the site. I am not sure that I want to stay at his house for the night. He might drink my blood.

http://www.pasportaservo.org/ejo/814/

Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-16 17:21:27

It's very sparse in China and Africa. Of course Pasporto Servo doesn't represent the numbers of Esperanto take up, but it's an interesting picture where it's really concentrated.

Alkanadi (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-17 06:10:44

Vestitor:It's very sparse in China and Africa. Of course Pasporto Servo doesn't represent the numbers of Esperanto take up, but it's an interesting picture where it's really concentrated.
I suspect that China doesn't have a lot of Esperantists. But, it might have a lot to do with the culture. For example, maybe Europeans are more open to guests staying in their houses.

Also Esperanto originated in Europe, which would explain the density on the map.

erinja (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-17 14:54:07

Alkanadi:
Vestitor:It's very sparse in China and Africa. Of course Pasporto Servo doesn't represent the numbers of Esperanto take up, but it's an interesting picture where it's really concentrated.
I suspect that China doesn't have a lot of Esperantists.
You suspect wrong, China has a large and active Esperanto community. But they may not get as many foreign travelers and so it might not occur to them to sign up for Pasporta Servo.

Alkanadi (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-17 15:38:50

erinja:You suspect wrong, China has a large and active Esperanto community.
Everything is relative.

erinja (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-17 16:22:22

Alkanadi:
erinja:You suspect wrong, China has a large and active Esperanto community.
Everything is relative.
Yes, everything is relative. I would say that the Chinese movement is more active than the US movement, by far.

For example, a brief internet search turned up this news report of a meeting of Chinese Esperanto business people, held last fall. It had more people attending than many if not most US national congresses. They get hundreds of people for free Esperanto courses there. Like the US, they are a large country with a geographically dispersed population. But I think their local clubs are more active than ours. We don't hear a lot about it, a lot of the online activity of the Chinese Esperanto movement takes place on social media platforms not used in the west. They have online learning resources and online forums (which are active, though the interfaces are old). Just because it is not immediately visible to us and not always easy to find if you don't speak Chinese, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

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