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Zamenhof

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/ ˈzamɛnxɔf /

noun

  1. Lazarus Ludwig (laˈzarus ˈludvik). 1859–1917, Polish oculist; invented Esperanto

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Zamenhof in the hopes of bringing a common auxiliary language to the world.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2022

Zamenhof was one of those nineteenth-century notables—Balzac, Dickens, Pasteur, Freud, Marie Curie—who seem to have slept only about three hours a night.

From The New Yorker Oct. 24, 2016

In “Unua Libro,” Zamenhof offered about nine hundred roots, and although he added some more later, Esperanto remains a language with a very small pantry of staples.

From The New Yorker Oct. 24, 2016

“All other instructions,” Zamenhof declared, “are only human commentaries.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 24, 2016

Method 1 is usually adopted by Zamenhof, but method 2 is increasingly used.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox

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