Hello

Hello, my name is Gerald. I have been learning Ido for a few days and I am really enjoying it. i started to learn Ido because it interests me and I want to expand my knowledge of langauge and Ido semed like a good place to start, but I just recently realized that Ido fits perfectly my religion's call for an international auxilliary language. Esperanto may have more speakers, but one of my religion's leaders said something of Esperanto that leads me to believe Ido is very close to the ideal international auxilliary language:

"The love and effort put into Esperanto will not be lost",[h]e `Abdu'l-Bahá answered, "but no one person can construct a Universal Language. It must be made by a Council representing all countries, and must contain words from different languages. It will be governed by the simplest rules, and there will be no exceptions; neither will there be gender, nor extra and silent letters. Everything indicated will have but one name. In Arabic there are hundreds of names for the camel! In the schools of each nation the mother tongue will be taught, as well as the revised Universal Language."

`Abdu'l-Bahá in London, p. 94. [5]

So I am learning Ido. I am very disappointed with the facilities for learning Ido online though, and I hope to start constructing something myself once I am at that point.

Can I ask, since I am finding no good stats online, what sort of numbers for the community of Ido-speakers world-wide are common to hear?

God Bless,
Gerald

Sorry nothing is in Ido!