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Lazarus Zamenhof


Zamenhof was born in Bialystok, city that was in the Russian empire's area. He was born at the 15 December, to a father that taught languages.           He learned many languages like:                                                                                                             He learned from his father 2 languages (French and German), at school he learned Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, and he learn other languages like Lithuanian, Italian and Polish -He learned all this languages to make one language that will connect between lots of European languages.                   Zamenhof thought that if he will connect s new language that will include lots of European languages, it will make them to be more nice each other and united, without stigmas and old thinking that weren't based or nothing. When he was at the university at Warsaw, he started to create the grammar of the language. In 1878 he stated to learn medicine.

2. Zamenhof was Revolutionary because he created a new language –the Esperanto.  Language is creates revolution because when someone create a new language ,a new culture and new way of life . Zamenhof wanted to create a new culture –that will include peace and will    Reinforcement about the conflicts ,he tried to make second language that everybody will talk in this common language that include words from each language –he tried to make way to solve problems, but unfortunately he didn't succeed.    

Zamanhof had an idea that he will connect between all the peoples of Europe by a common language.  He tried to make a language that includes inside some of the languages of Europe that it will make it easier to people' they will understand more good when somebody talk to you with your language and the language won't be foreign to them. 
But unfortunately the language wasn't succeed because the purpose of Zamanhof was to create a new language that the people's won't talk in the mother's language 'and it's not possible because some one that was born to a language, cannot change it
Even the language didn't make big revolution that changed the world and made a united world, some groups are still talking between them all over the world, to keep this language alive.

4.we think that the world wasn't  changed because his actions ,even that he tried to change and  bring the world to a united and happy future ,by the common language ,but there have things that stopped the vision like mother's  language that you cannot talk or think or dream in other language that became your language ,lot of people didn't want to talk Esperanto because they were pessimistic about his vision , Ideological reasons and his idea wasn't really smart because every area have difference dialects ,so the conversation between people from other places in the world won't like in his vision. 

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