Wikipedia 10K Redux

Reconstructed by Reagle from Starling archive; see blog post for context.

EsperantoLanguage

Until someone who knows about the topic decides to replace what was taken down, this'll keep the page from being empty.

Most-spoken of the ArtificialLanguages. Created by LudovicLazarusZamenhof in 1887 as an attempt at a world language. So far, best attempt yet. An InflectedLanguage, with no genders and two cases, nominative and accusative. The vocabulary draws mainly off RomanceLanguages, spelling is phonetic, and the morphology is of course extremely regular and easy to learn.

esperi To hope

esperas Am, are, is hoping

esperis Was, were hoping

esperos Will be hoping

esperanto(n) Hoper - nominative (accusative) noun

esperantoj(n) Hopers - nominative (accusative) noun

esperanta(n) Hoper's - nominative (accusative) adjective

esperantaj(n) Hopers' - nominative (accusative) adjective

esperantino Hoper, female

esperantujo Land of hopers

There was also another language, Ido, based on Esperanto that enjoyed a brief popularity in the early 1900s.