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Nov 14, 2009
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The Question:

Do people actually speak Esperanto?

The Answer:

Yes, but mostly in addition to another language. According to Ethnologue's Esperanto entry, as of 1996 it had an estimated 200 to 2,000 native speakers, while 2,000,000 spoke Esperanto as a second language.

—The Editors

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