Esperanto is still alive. There are many books available and there are two million speakers worldwide. The language still can solve the problems it was designed for, so we'd like to encourage as many people as possible to learn this wonderful language. The language is extremely easy, but still very complete, and by learning Esperanto you can also learn to understand other languages better and easier because Esperanto forms a solid base. It breaks language barriers and it's a neutral language, not belonging to a nation, culture or religion.