A universal language exists, so why don't we all speak it?

The views presented in this video are the opinions of author Phillip Gooden.

Business Insider spoke with Philip Gooden, author of "May We Borrow Your Language," who spoke about universal languages. He also spoke about the language "Esperanto", a universal language created in the 19th century.

"Esperanto was a deliberate creation - I think towards the end of the 19th century - and it was a sort of fusion of various European languages".

"You had a kind of "mosaic" of different terms which would somehow appeal to everybody, because they would recognise bits of their own language in it."

"People fight to preserve their own languages and they develop new forms of the languages that they already speak, so language never stands still."

There is still an ongoing effort to popularise Esperanto. You can learn more about Esperanto at http://esperanto.org/

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