Esperanto and Agglutination

## Esperanto and Agglutination

- **Agglutination in Esperanto:**

- Esperanto utilizes agglutination by combining root words with affixes to form new meanings.

- It allows the construction of complex expressions through simple components.

- **Structure:**

- **Roots:** Basic elements that convey primary meaning.

- **Affixes:** Added to roots to modify meaning and function.

- **Prefixes:** Modify the beginning of a word.

- **Suffixes:** Typically indicate part of speech or grammatical function.

- **Endings:**

- Nouns end in `-o`

- Adjectives end in `-a`

- Verbs have endings like `-i` (infinitive), `-as` (present), `-is` (past), `-os` (future).

- **Examples:**

1. **Root Word:** "san" (health)

- **Adjective:** "sana" (healthy)

- **Noun:** "sano" (health)

- **Verb:** "sani" (to be healthy)

2. **Compound Formation:**

- "lerni" (to learn) + "ĉambro" (room) = "lernĉambro" (classroom)

- **Characteristics:**

- Consistent application of rules across vocabulary.

- Flexibility in word formation.

- High transparency and predictability in usage.

## Sources

- [Esperanto grammar - Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Esperanto/comments/588x5i/esperanto_grammar/)

- [Is Esperanto an ideal agglutinating language - Quora](https://www.quora.com/Is-Esperanto-an-ideal-agglutinating-language-or-are-there-natural-languages-which-are-better-examples-for-such-a-language)

- [Agglutinative language - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutinative_language)

- [Language learners forum](http://forum.language-learners.org/viewtopic.php?t=13388)

- [Esperanto - phon.ucl.ac.uk](https://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/esperanto-encyc.htm)