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The EsperantoLanguage is an ArtificialLanguage. SIL code: ESP. ISO 639-1: eo. ISO 639-2: epo. Population: 200 to 2,000 people who speak it as first language (1996), 2,000,000 users (1999 WA). Region: Speakers in about 115 countries, used most widely in central and eastern Europe, China and other countries in eastern Asia, certain areas of South America and southwest Asia. Alternate names: LA LINGVO INTERNACIA. Comments: All ages. Was developed from 1872 to 1885 by L.L. Zamenhof of Warsaw Poland for intercommunication by mother tongue speakers of other languages. SVO, prepositions, genitives, relatives after noun heads, articles, adjectives, numerals before noun heads, question word initial, accusative -n, dative -al affixes mark tense, passive with esti = passive participle, causative -ig, comparative word, non-tonal. Christian, Baha'i, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Shinto, Taoist, tribal religions, none. Bible 1900-1910.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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