Which is the best way to learn Esperanto?

[EsperantoOnline]

Hi everyone, as most of you might now Esperanto was this great scholarly project to have a universal language so we could understand better with each other. It's said that this particular project failed although there seems to be a numerous community who does speak the language. If I wanted to learn Esperanto which would be the best way to approach it? Taking some online lessons or actually buying a textbook? If you happen to speak the language fluently, how did you learn it? All feedback is pretty much appreciated.

-Multan dankon pro la tre detala respondo. 

[Wanda Kaishin]

I don't speak it, and I apologize for not having any links for you, but I believe you can get the best tools for learning Esperanto online for free. Esperantists are very enthusiastic, to the point of being practically desperate, about trying to get people to learn it and grow their numbers. There are many benefits to learning this language. Good luck. 

[lushlala]

I too must apologise in advance because I've never had any dealings with Esperanto. I do hope that some of the members here have done and are therefore best placed to address your question and hopefully come to your aid. Just out of interest, have you scoured the net to see what's there? It might be a good idea to do so. I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your quest to find answers and learning aids

[Wanda Kaishin]

I've heard this site is very helpful.

[Chris_A]

Wow, Esperanto was really a cool project and have not seen it being mentioned before around here. I had great interest in that language when I first found out about it, but I don`t know if there are any resources to study it, available. It would be really cool to learn it, though, as it is as rare as Latin nowadays.