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Use it for questions about the history of Esperanto.

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Is Esperanto likely to survive in future?

No sound statistics. Esperanto has a community, also among the youth, also wide-spread. It also has its own worth as a language one can acquire to a high degree. It will certainly last for at least …
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What happened to the letter ĥ during the evolution of Esperanto from Zamenhof to our times?

Historically there was a movement to do away with ĥ as the alternative k was offered. Nowadays there are still some "difficult" letter combinations (rĥ) for some language speakers (French?). Nowadays …
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Why are so many Esperanto word roots derived from French?

French was the world language prior to the second world war. Latin had great influence in the national school systems. And in scientific nomenclature. Slavic languages were not in high regard. Germany …
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