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Jun 2023
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Esperanto and the Search for a Global La...

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
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In the 1880s, a Polish ophthalmologist set out to create a universal language. A language that could be a second language for everyone around that world that no one country or one people would control.  It was a good idea, but things didn’t quite pan out as he had hoped, and along the way, there was shockingly violent resistance to this new language.  Learn ... Show More
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