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Esperanto was created in 1887 by Dr. Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof to create a simple and neutral common language for people around the world. Its greatest advantage is that it is very easy to learn because it has rules without exceptions, meaning every letter has only one sound and the stress is always in the same place. Thanks to a cleverly designed system of word endings, an entire vocabulary can be quickly built from just a few basic roots without the need to memorize irregular forms. Although artificially created, the language is flexible enough to be used normally in everyday speech, writing, and even in modern computer programs. Because of its simplicity, learning Esperanto significantly facilitates and accelerates the subsequent learning of other foreign languages.

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