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Esperanto is a constructed language intended to foster communication between Chinese scientists, Venezuelan fashion models, and agents of the worldwide Jewish conspiracy. The word [E]speranto means "a person who is hopeful but doesn't go overboard or anything" in Esperanto, or "Communism, probably" in most American dialects of English. It should not be confused with Spanish.
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Esperanto is both the easiest and richest language in the world, the basis of a thriving international culture. Speakers of Esperanto can be found in every country of the world, from France to Japan, from Iceland to Chile, and they all share their thoughts and literature and music in Esperanto.
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Along with Esperanto, Zamenhof advocated a quasi-religious doctrine called "homaranism" [which literally means the doctrine of seeing oneself as a member of the human race], which he associated with Esperanto. This rather diffuse concept is grounded in liberal and humanistic thinking, e.g. the idea that all humanity is "a family" that must find itself; or the idea that all "world religions" have a common origin and can be brought into harmony with one another. While some Esperanto-speakers find this interesting and interpret it in different ways, many others derive little inspiration from Zamenhof’s "love of humanity".
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Esperanto's purpose is not to replace any other language, but to supplement them: Esperanto would be used as a neutral language when speaking with someone who doesn't know one's own language. The use of Esperanto would ... protect minority languages, which would have a better chance of survival than in a world dominated by a few powerful languages.
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The worldwide dissemination of Esperanto is not balanced: despite progress in the last few years, it is barely present in many countries of Africa and Asia. The majority of Esperanto-speakers live in Europe. Whether Esperanto is "eurocentric" by virtue of this fact is a subject of rather frequent discussions within the Esperanto movement, but the true international character of Esperanto does not allow for it to be considered purely European. Its development in a few countries (China, Iran, Togo, Congo – the former Zaire) has been truly phenomenal at times, while on the other hand there are other countries that still have no organised Esperanto movement [2].
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Esperanto is regular and relatively easy to learn, and is currently used by a worldwide community estimated at over one million speakers. Esperanto is employed in world travel, correspondence, cultural exchange, conventions, literature, language instruction, radio broadcasting, and more.
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