Esperanto is supposedly the international language, however no country has adopted Esperanto officially. It is spoken in over 115 countries.

All over the world! Esperanto is an international language, so people everywhere learn it as a second language.

It was created to facilitate international communication. It was intended to be a second language, not a primary language. At the time that Esperanto was created, French was the de facto international language. Now that role is largely fulfilled by English.

Merry Christmas in Esperanto, an artificial international language.

Esperanto is an artificial language devised in 1887 as an international medium of communication, based on roots from the chief European languages.

Esperanto was invented as an international auxiliary language, a language that people all over the world could learn to communicate with each other more easily. I wouldn't say that it failed-the language is still used today, and has an estimated 2 million speakers, including hundreds of native speakers!

Esperanto -- 2 million speakers worldwide

"One who hopes." The name of an international language constructed by L.L. Zamenhof.

Certainly yes. It is for use between people speaking different languages.

Esperanto, after that it's Interlingua

No. Esperanto was designed to be easy to learn, in the hope that it would become an international language.

The Esperanto words for international and domestic are internacia and hejma.

International League of Esperanto Teachers was created in 1949.

Teodoro Lahago has written: 'Moderna Esperanto, the international scientific language'

Yes, if by obscure language you mean one with few speakers, little international prestige, and a limited press. It may be an option on Google, but your chances of stumbling across two people engaged in an Esperanto conversation are very slim, even in a cosmopolitan city.

There is nothing wrong with my mother tongue English, but I'm not sure that it is suitable for international communication. I prefer Esperanto, a planned language which belongs to no one state or group of states.

Esperanto was created to provide a common language without any nationalistic implications. By taking away the country connection, it could promote peace by breaking down barriers.

No. A universal language, by definition, would be a widely spoken language. Esperanto has only about 2 million speakers, scattered over the planet.

English has become a lingua franca, mainly because of the extent of the British Empire two centuries ago and the United States' economic dominance today. In other times, Latin and French have been the language of choice in international diplomacy. Esperanto was a language constructed to be an international language, but it didn't really take off.

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Dr. L. L. ZamenhofThe International Language, Esperanto, was created by Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist of Bialistok and published by him in Warsaw in 1887.Lazar Ludwik Zamenhof.Esperanto, invented in 1887 by the Polish eye specialist Dr Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof, was an attempt to create a universal second languageEsperanto was created by L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish linguist.A polish Jew named Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof. He first published an Esperanto textbook using the soubriquet 'Doctor Esperanto' (ie. one who hopes) and in time this became the name of the language itself.

Esperanto was launched into life in 1887, so it is still a comparatively young language.

Grapes speak Esperanto as their native language.

Esperanto, dumb

Esperanto is younger. Korean has been developing since before recorded history, whereas Esperanto was invented in the late 1800s.