Artificial Language · ISO 639-3 epo · eo
Esperanto Language esperanto
Esperanto is an Artificial Language language spoken by about 2.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Esperanto is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Esperanto
Language family
- Artificial Language
- Esperantic
- Esperanto
Writing system
Latin script
About the Esperanto language
Esperanto (esperanto) is spoken by about 2.0 million people, which makes it the 304th most spoken language in the world — just behind Chuka (2.0 million) and ahead of Khandesi (2.0 million). It belongs to the Artificial Language language family.
Where is Esperanto spoken?
Esperanto is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in San Marino (298).
Esperanto is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Esperanto is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 eo, ISO 639-3 epo.
Frequently asked questions about Esperanto
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.