Zamenhof
Britishnoun
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Zamenhof in the hopes of bringing a common auxiliary language to the world.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
But Zamenhof did not put together Esperanto in order to show that he could invent a language.
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
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
Dr. Zamenhof illustrates this in the "Krestomatio," page 249, by the following sentence:—"I do not know where I left my stick; did you not see it?"
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
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