What is "esperanto"

Esperanto \Es`pe*ran"to\, n. An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym ``Dr. Esperanto'' in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. A revised and simplified form, called Ido was developed in 1907, but Esperanto remained at the end of the 20th century the most popular aritficial language designed for normal human linguistic communication. -- Es`pe*ran"tist, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ] ||

1892, from Doktoro Esperanto, whose name means in Esperanto, "one who hopes," pen name used on the title page of a book about the artificial would-be universal language published 1887 by its Polish-born creator, Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917). Compare Spanish esperanza "hope," from esperar, from Latin sperare "hope" (see sperate). For initial e- see e-.

Esperanto ( or ; ) is a constructed international auxiliary language. It is the most widely spoken constructed language in the world. The Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, , on 26 July 1887. The name of Esperanto derives from ("" translates as "one who hopes"), the pseudonym under which Zamenhof published Unua Libro.

Zamenhof had three goals, as he wrote in Unua Libro:

1. "To render the study of the language so easy as to make its acquisition mere play to the learner."
2. "To enable the learner to make direct use of his knowledge with persons of any nationality, whether the language be universally accepted or not; in other words, the language is to be directly a means of international communication."
3. "To find some means of overcoming the natural indifference of mankind, and disposing them, in the quickest manner possible, and en masse, to learn and use the proposed language as a living one, and not only in last extremities, and with the key at hand."

Up to 2,000,000 people worldwide, to varying degrees, speak Esperanto, including about 1,000 to 2,000 native speakers who learned Esperanto from birth. The World Esperanto Association has members in 120 countries. Its usage is highest in Europe, East Asia, and South America. , the most popular online learning platform for Esperanto, reported 150,000 registered users in 2013, and sees between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors each month. With about articles, Esperanto Wikipedia is the 32nd-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles, and the largest Wikipedia in a constructed language. On 22 February 2012, Google Translate added Esperanto as its 64th language. On 28 May 2015, the language learning platform Duolingo launched an Esperanto course for English speakers. , over 450,000 users had signed up, with around 30 users completing the course every day.

The first World Congress of Esperanto was organized in France in 1905. Since then, congresses have been held in various countries every year, with the exceptions of years during the world wars. Although no country has adopted Esperanto officially, “ Esperantujo” is the name given to places where it is spoken worldwide. Esperanto was recommended by the French Academy of Sciences in 1921 and recognized by UNESCO in 1954, which recommended in 1985 that international non-governmental organizations use Esperanto. Esperanto was the 32nd language accepted as adhering to the " Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" in 2007.

Esperanto is currently the language of instruction of the International Academy of Sciences in San Marino.

Esperanto is seen by many of its speakers as an alternative or addition to the growing use of English throughout the world, offering a language that is easier to learn than English.

The Esperanto was a fishing schooner based in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Esperanto was designed by Tom McManus of Boston and built by Tarr and James Shipbuilders of Essex, Massachusetts. She was launched on June 27, 1906, and measured in length, in beam, and a draft of with gross tonnage of 140.

The Esperanto was used in several races and is one of only two undefeated champions at the International Fishing Vessel Championship.

Esperanto was a Belgo-English rock band which had a short career at the beginning of the 1970s.

Esperanto is an international auxiliary language.

Esperanto may also refer to:

• Esperanto (band), a 1970s progressive rock band
• 1421 Esperanto, a main-belt asteroid
• Esperanto Island
• Esperanto (album), an album by Karl Bartos under the pseudonym Elektric Music
• "Esperanto", a song by Shawn Lane from Powers of Ten
• "Esperanto", a song in the video game Mega Man Zero 4
• Esperanto Filmoj

Esperanto is the student magazine of Monash University's Caulfield campus in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is produced by students, for students and operates as part of MONSU Caulfield. The Editor, Designer and Marketing Director are hired by MONSU Caulfield. Esperanto is one of the two print magazines at Australian based campuses of Monash University, with the other being Lots Wife Magazine (Est 1964).

Esperanto is the ninth studio album by new-age/ jazz group Shadowfax. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1993, losing out to Enya's Shepherd Moons.

The cover art is by Mimi LaPlant.

“Esperanto” is the main magazine used by the World Esperanto Association to inform their members of virtually everything happening in the world related to the international language Esperanto.

Esperanto, released in 1993, was the first album by Elektric Music, initially a collaboration of Karl Bartos (formerly of Kraftwerk) and Lothar Manteuffel (formerly of Rheingold), but later only Bartos worked under this name. The project begun after Bartos ended his involvement with Kraftwerk in 1991. The songs "Show Business" and "Kissing the Machine" were co-written with Andy McCluskey of OMD, with McCluskey performing vocals on the latter track. "Crosstalk" and "Overdrive" were co-written with Kraftwerk associate Emil Schult, who was also the art director of the cover graphics of the early Elektric Music releases.

About half the songs are similar to Kraftwerk, and the others more to contemporary techno. Many Kraftwerk fans were dissatisfied by the techno elements, while others claimed the album was an unexpected masterpiece. Later Kraftwerk releases would, however, feature similar elements.