How Much Esperanto Do You Already Know Without Realising It? [QUIZ]

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With its regular grammar and simple vocabulary, Esperanto is still the most commonly used artificial language in the world. It’s so easy that you probably understand lots of it already – find out just how much in our short quiz!

Created in 1887 by Polish Jew Ludwik Zamenhof, Esperanto was conceived as a universal language promoting peace and communication between people around the world. Its regular grammar and intuitive vocabulary based on word roots from Indo- European languages was intended to guarantee that the language was easy to learn.

But with 70% of Esperanto vocabulary coming from Romance languages, and about 20% from Germanic languages and English (the rest is of Slavic origin), you can actually try your hand at understanding Esperanto with no real beforehand learning experience. Or just learn along while you’re doing our quiz.

Author: Mikołaj Gliński, 15 December 2015