What is Ido?
Ido is an international auxiliary constructed language. This means it is designed to be easily accessible by billions, and can be learned in far fewer hours than the average natural language.
Ido is derived from a more prevalent auxiliary constructed language, Esperanto. Esperanto is popular, but it has several flaws that make it difficult to learn for anyone who isn't experienced in studying languages. The architects of Ido thought these flaws needed correction, they reformed it and created Ido.
The architects of Ido include a linguistics professor, a philosopher, a logician, and a nobel prize winner. With some of the greatest minds working on it, they were able to create what is generally considered the best and most easily accessible conlang for the most people.
Why should I learn it?
Well, if "learning a language is fun" isn't enough for you, Ido makes acquiring more useful languages easier. It is scientifically proven that learning a second language makes learning subsequent languages a lot easier. If you want to speak, say, Spanish, but find it difficult to study, then learning Ido in just a few hours will make the process significantly easier.
Ido also has communities all over the internet, and many members likely don't speak your native tongue. Without Ido, you would have no access to these people and their cultures. But instead, Ido makes communication not just possible, but easy, and you'll learn a lot about a world which would otherwise be inaccessible to you.
Ido is also a very artistic language. It is used by many in poetry, as it sounds and reads as very harmonious. It also represents a desire for world unity, so employing it in your works is an easy way to suggest such a meaning.
Where should I start?
If I've managed to convince you that learning Ido is worth your time, then you need to look no further than this club. I've compiled a number of the basic grammatical rules, and reading through the lesson topics should help you grasp most of the basics. My source for all of these is the official Ido website, which should also be visited if you seek more advanced resources.
If you want a more advanced look at the grammatical rules but aren't willing to pay money, this PDF - file:///C:/Users/sabet/Downloads/ido_for_all.pdf - should give you what you need. Since I am admittedly terrible with PDFs, this might not work, but I believe you can copy and paste that link into your url bar and it should open the PDF.
Once you master the grammar, the only step left is to acquire more vocabulary. This dictionary is the best: http://romaniczo.com/ido/vortari/vortaro.html To find whatever word you need, I recommend just using ctrl+F. There is also this dictionary: https://glosbe.com/en/io/ This lets you search for words directly, and while it is somewhat less reliable, it should still do the trick.
Best of luck learning!
What is Ido, why should I learn it, and where should I start?
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