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11-27-2007, 01:58 AM
Esperanto (help·info) is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. [2] The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book of Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887. The word itself means 'one who hopes'. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding.
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.[3]
Some links -
Esperanto: Multilingual Information Center: English (angla) (http://www.esperanto.net/info/index_en.html)
Esperanto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto)
YouTube - IJK - Esperanto Song
YouTube - Esperanto 2
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.[3]
Some links -
Esperanto: Multilingual Information Center: English (angla) (http://www.esperanto.net/info/index_en.html)
Esperanto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto)
YouTube - IJK - Esperanto Song
YouTube - Esperanto 2