Esperanto

Esperanto () is the world's most widely spoken constructed auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 as "the International Language" (), it is intended to be a universal second language for international communication. He described the language in ''Dr. Esperanto's International Language'' (known as , the "first book"), which he published under the pseudonym . Early adopters of the language liked the name and soon used it to describe his language. The word translates into English as "one who hopes".

town of Germany

body of rules that describe the structure of expressions in the Esperanto language

former country located in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Italy

Esperantujo () or Esperantio () is the community of speakers of the Esperanto language and their culture, as well as the places and institutions where the language is used. The term is used "as if it were a country."

literature written in the Esperanto language

phonology of the Esperanto language

Esperantology, or Esperantic studies, is a special Esperanto linguistics whose subjects are word construction, word assembly, word introduction and transcription of umbrella terms and proper names. Esperantology principles of word construction are exemplary of the principles of necessity and sufficiency which postulate a balance between conciseness and clarity of the word. Regarding word roots, esperantology sets these principles:

Words in the Esperanto language

constructed language based on Esperanto, aimed at a deliberately medieval feel as a hypothetical earlier stage of Esperanto

part of the ISO/IEC 8859 series of ASCII-based standard character encodings

website by Bertilo Wennergren (edition item)

social movement concerning Esperanto

comparison of related international auxiliary languages

gender-neutral Esperanto pronoun

foundation which strives to solve international language problems

Amikumu ( ; ) is a cross-platform app for smartphones (Android and iOS) which can be used to find people nearby who speak or learn the same languages as the user. The app was launched for Esperanto speakers on 22 April 2017 and for speakers of all languages during LangFest in Montreal on 25 August 2017. On 9 August 2018 Amikumu had members in more than 130 countries speaking 588 languages.

American film and television production company

type of festival used to teach and provide information about the world's languages

origin of words in Esperanto

second Esperanto periodical, published monthly from 1895 to 1914

proposed method for teaching foreign languages

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magazine written in the Esperanto language