15.12.2022 News

163rd birthday of Ludwik Zamenhof

We commemorate the creator of the Esperanto language Ludwik Zamenhof on the 163rd year to his birth

The inventor of the Esperanto language is Ludwik Zamenhof was born in Białystok. On December 15 we celebrate  the 163rd  anniversary of his birthday.

Zamenhof was born in 1859 to a Jewish family and believed that a common language would allow people to understand each other better, despite differences of origin and culture.

He made various attempts to create a universal language, whose complete grammatical system he described in 1887. He was called “Doktor Esperanto” – a doctor who believed.

This nickname over time turned into the name of the language he created.

Zamenhof believed that the universal language would live and flourish to eventually become the language of all nations. Currently, it is estimated that Esperanto is spoken by around

2 million people worldwide.

A series of articles about his life and works (in English)

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