It is estimated that 2 million people speak, to some extent, Esperanto.

But what exactly is Esperanto?

Esperanto is a constructed language created by L.L. Zamenhof, a Polish optometrist, in 1887. It is designed to be easy to learn in order to achieve the goal of becoming an international auxiliary language. The language is popular in Europe, South America, and East Asia.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has translated The Book of Mormon, a text held sacred and essential to doctrine of the Latter-day Saint and Mormonism movement, into 83 languages, and the Church has published 150 million copies of the book, most distributed for free.

Sections of The Book of Mormon have been translated to Esperanto, but an official Esperanto-language edition of The Book of Mormon has not been published by the Church. For the many Latter-day Saints who speak Esperanto and hope that their language, and religion, will bring everlasting peace to the world in a spirit of friendship and love, an Esperanto translation of The Book of Mormon would be a spirit-nourishing resource to worship and learn about our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in a new way. We, the Esperantist Latter-day Saint community and its supporters, respectfully ask that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to translate and publish The Book of Mormon in Esperanto.