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An artificial language devised in 1887 as an international medium of communication, based on roots from the chief European languages. The name Dr Esperanto was used as a pen-name by the inventor of the language, Ludwik L. Zamenhof (1858–1917), Polish physician; the literal sense is ‘one who hopes’ (based on Latin sperare ‘to hope’).
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