A friend enquired concerning Bahá’u’lláh’s prophecy in the
Words of Paradise, that a universal language would be formed, and desired to know
if Esperanto would be the language chosen.
‘Abdu’l-Baha’s answer: “The love and effort put into
Esperanto will not be lost 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-Baha (Notes of conversations; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London’)
