Esperanto speakers gathering From: China Daily | Date: July 26, 2004| Author: | Copyright 2004 China Daily. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The curtain rose yesterday on another gala for Esperanto speakers around the world.The 89th Universal Esperanto Congress opened yesterday in Beijing.

This is the second time China has hosted the largest and most important Esperanto gathering, with more than 2,000 participants from 52 countries and regions.

Esperanto was invented by Polish L L Zamenhof in 1887. It is an artificial language based on European roots. It was originally intended as a main mode of communication for people around the world.

Although Esperanto has not spread as far as many avid followers once hoped, it has seen ...

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