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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Esperanto was invented by Dr. L. Zamenhof, a physician of Bielostok, Russia, where the clash of four races (Russians, Germans, Poles, Jews), suggested the necessity for a neutral tongue. Esperanto was first published in 1887, seven years after its predecessor, Volapük, which it has now supplanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Esperanto Spurned | 8/13/1923 | See Source »

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