Esperanto language

Esperanto was created by: L.L. Zamenhof 1887
Setting and usage: International auxiliary language
Total speakers: Native: 200 to 2000 (1996, est.);
Fluent speakers: est. 100,000 to 2 million
Category (purpose): constructed language
International auxiliary language
Category (sources): vocabulary from Romance and Germanic languages; phonology from Slavic languages
Regulated by: Akademio de Esperanto

 

Although no country has adopted the language officially, it has enjoyed continuous usage by a community estimated at between 100,000 and 2 million speakers for over a century. By most estimates, there are approximately a thousand native speakers.

Today, Esperanto is employed in world travel, correspondence, cultural exchange, conventions, literature, language instruction, television (Internacia Televido), and radio broadcasting. Some state education systems offer elective courses in Esperanto, and in one university, the Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj in San Marino, Esperanto is the language of instruction. There is evidence that learning Esperanto may provide a good foundation for learning languages in general.

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