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Esperanto was developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s by ophthalmologist Dr. Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof, a Polish Ashkenazi Jew from the West of the Russian Empire (now Poland). After some ten years of development, the first Esperanto grammar was published in Warsaw in July 1887. The number of speakers grew rapidly over the next few decades. Esperanto has no official status in any country, but is an elective part of the curriculum in several state educational systems. The 28-letter alphabet is: a b c ĉ d e f g ĝ h ĥ i j ĵ k l m n o p r s ŝ t u ŭ v z References: uea.org, en.wikipedia.orgFiled In: |


