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Esperanto was created in the late 1870s and early 1880s by L. L. Zamenhof, a Jewish ophthalmologist from Białystok, then part of the Russian Empire, but now part of Poland .
L. L. Zamenhof developed Esperanto in the 1870s and '80s. Unua Libro, the first print discussion of the language, appeared in 1887. The number of Esperanto speakers have increased gradually since then, without much support from governments and international organizations.
Jul 25, 2022 · Created in Europe during a time of intercultural struggle and strife, Esperanto was meant as a communication tool to spread peace among the people of the world. Its speakers are still at it.
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Jun 18, 2024 · Esperanto, artificial language constructed in 1887 by L.L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist, and intended for use as an international second language. Zamenhof’s Fundamento de Esperanto, published in 1905, lays down the basic principles of the language’s structure and formation.
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Nov 29, 2023 · Esperanto was created in the late 1800s by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, a Polish medical doctor. He alone built the basis for the language and helped usher it into the real world until the end of his life. Though Zamenhof’s profession was being a physician, he was no amateur at languages.
A short history of the origins of Esperanto. Esperanto is an invented language, also know as a constructed language or conlang. There are only a few grammar rules with no exceptions. The vocabulary is based on words from other languages (mostly Romanic, Germanic and Slavic languages).
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Dec 14, 2022 · Esperanto is the world's most widely spoken constructed language. Developed in the late 19th century, it was intended to be an auxiliary language for international communication. Esperanto was first proposed in 1887 with the publication in Warsaw, Poland, of a book in Russian entitled Международный языкъ ...
