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are we a tribe or community?

by 313, March 23, 2011

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Language: English

313 (User's profile) March 23, 2011, 6:57:33 AM

i wonder if some 1 ask me who are the pepole spoke esperanto?are we tribe or community?

ceigered (User's profile) March 23, 2011, 7:28:24 AM

Loose community, which has stronger communities within it okulumo.gif

A tribe are more like family, or feel like they have to protect each other like family, where as a community are just people who share common traits. Since I think many of us Esperantists like to argue and disagree about silly topics, we're not very tribal lango.gif

sudanglo (User's profile) March 23, 2011, 11:16:41 AM

Is this a language question?

'Tribe' is sometimes extended in English to cover a subculture, or group within the main culture.

But without context, it suggests a (small) group of primitive people - eg tribes of the Amazon forest.

In the media nowadays the word 'community' is sometimes used in a very unrealistic fashion to refer to groups in which there is actually no sense of community.

Rogir (User's profile) March 23, 2011, 6:08:55 PM

We might also be a movement, or a diaspora, or a people, or a society, depending on who you ask.

Miland (User's profile) March 23, 2011, 6:34:33 PM

If I had to choose one word, it would be "movement". This movement includes different types of societies and clubs, international, national and local, as well as internet groups (like this one). One of the deepest and most permanent supporting structures of the whole movement is a committee called the Akademio. Another feature of the movement is an annual World Congress and national congresses.

chrisim101010 (User's profile) March 24, 2011, 2:40:04 AM

ceigered:Since I think many of us Esperantists like to argue and disagree about silly topics, we're not very tribal lango.gif
By this definition, we could be mistaken for a close family lango.gif

Roberto12 (User's profile) March 24, 2011, 10:15:33 AM

ceigered:Loose community, which has stronger communities within it okulumo.gif
+1

3rdblade (User's profile) March 25, 2011, 12:52:01 AM

I prefer 'tribunity'.

Nah, just kidding. 'Movement' is what I hear most often.

Leke (User's profile) March 28, 2011, 10:41:20 AM

ceigered:A tribe are more like family, or feel like they have to protect each other like family, where as a community are just people who share common traits.
ceigered:Since I think many of us Esperantists like to argue and disagree about silly topics, we're not very tribal lango.gif
Hmmm...sounds pretty much like a family to me. okulumo.gif

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