Editing Esperantoball

{{Stub}}{{I|Esperanto}} '''Esperantoball''' {{I|Esperanto}}, originally called '''La lingvo internaciaball''', is a languageball that represents the Esperanto language. He is the world's most spoken constructed international auxiliary languageball.

==History==
===Creation of  Esperantoball===
The {{I|Esperanto}} Esperantoball was created in the late 1870s and early 1880s by {{I|Poland|(Jewish)}} L. L. Zamenhof.
According to Zamenhof, the languageball was created to learn other languages more easily (as {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto shares similiarities with many other languages), and to foster harmony between people from different countryballs.

In 1905, Zamenhof published the book '''Fundamento de Esperanto''' as a guide to the {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto language.
After over 10 years of development of the {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto language, {{I|Poland|(Jewish)}} Zamenhof started translating other books and literature into {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto, and along with that, the first book about {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto grammar (called '''Unua Libro''') was published in in {{I|Warsaw}} Warsawball on July 26, 1887. In the next decades, the number of {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto learners and speakers grew rapidly (Along with that, {{I|Polish}} Polish was banned in {{I|Poland}} [[Polandball]], which belonged to the {{I|Russian Empire}} [[Russian Empireball]] at the time.)
{{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto was mainly learnt and used in the {{I|Russian Empire}} [[Russian Empireball]] and Central Europe, but its over the years its use got extended to {{I|EU}} Europe, the {{I|Pan America}} Americas, {{I|China}} [[Chinaball]] and {{I|Japan}} [[Japanball]].

===Persecution of Esperantoball===
Throughout history, {{I|Esperanto}} Esperantoball got persecuted by countries such as {{I|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germanyball]], {{I|Soviet}} [[Soviet Unionball]] and {{I|France}} [[Franceball]].

{{I|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germanyball]] wanted to ban {{I|Esperanto}} Esperantoball because {{I|Poland|(Jewish)}} L. L. Zamenhof was [[Judaismcube|jewish]], and since {{I|Esperanto}} Esperantoball was made to be an international language, they thought {{I|Esperanto}} Esperantoball was {{I|Soviet}} "[[Bolshevismball|Bolshevist]]". {{I|Nazi Germany}} Hitler even had a conspiracy theory that {{I|Esperanto}} Esperantoball would be used as a international language after {{I|Israel}} Jews achieve "world domination". Because of this, Many {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto speakers got murdered during the Holocaust, specifically targeting {{I|Poland|(Jewish)}} L. L. Zamenhof's family. <br>
In 1935, {{I|Esperanto}} Esperantoball officially got banned in {{I|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germanyball]], but the {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto speakers that were being held in concentration camps taught {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto to other prisoners, claiming that they were actually teaching them {{I|Italian}} Italian (as {{I|Italy}} [[Italyball]] was one of the Axis Powers).

==Fun Facts==
*It doesn't actually want to replace other Languageballs, but to help people learn foreign languages and connect the peoples of the world.
*It has only 16 rules.
*It is a hybrid of various languages, including words of Indo-European origin, isolating syntax, {{I|Spanish}} Spanish vocals...
*It has its own football team.
*It also has a child language: {{I|Ido}} [[Idoball]].
*Although the language isn't official in any countryball, it is recognized by {{I|UN}} [[UNball]], and is spoken by many {{I|Esperanto}} Esperanto communities throughout the world, and it is also spoken in international meetings. It's officially recognized as cultural heritage of {{I|Poland}} [[Polandball]] since 2014.

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