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Zamenhof

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/ ˈzamɛnxɔf /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022

Zamenhof was disappointed to receive only a thousand responses.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016

Maybe he was right, if the people were Western, because Esperanto is closely based on Indo-European languages, or the ones that Zamenhof knew best.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016

If Zamenhof felt that we needed an international language, we now more or less have one, though it’s not the one Zamenhof wanted.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016

As an example Dr. Zamenhof gives the following sentence: "Mi ne sci'as kie mi las'is la baston'o'n: Ĉu vi ĝi'n ne vid'is?"

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

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