More than 100 years ago, the blind Ukrainian writer Vasily Eroshenko was introduced to the language Esperanto. L.L. Zamenhof, the Polish ophthalmologist who constructed the language in the late 19th ...

At two and a half years old, Gabriel Nacu can already boast an unusual skill. He’s beginning to string together full sentences in Esperanto, the language invented in the nineteenth century by the ...

In their Tuscon home, Linken and Greg Kay have shelves full of books in Esperanto, including these picture books. In his Tucson, Ariz., backyard, 10-year-old Linken Kay throws a ball for his dog, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Esperanto teacher instructs a class in a room with a painting of the language's creator on the wall. Janek Skarzynski/AFP via ...

Take a tour of New York City in Esperanto, the language invented by L.L. Zamenhof in the late 19th century to promote world peace. The key to a free night’s stay in Jim Medrano’s New York City ...

Christmas: a good time to broach a topic of hope. We’re talking Esperanto. This language that spurred the hope it one day could hack the barriers between people, eliminating war and miscommunication.

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(There was a time when speaking Esperanto was an essential part of being an anarchist.) When 97-year-old, Barcelona-born Eduardo Vivancos walks down the streets of Toronto where he has lived as an ...

Saluton! Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton? Chances are you don’t—speak Esperanto, that is. But a few readers of the last two columns—about the quandary of Europe’s multilingualism, and why enforcing English ...

Launched in 1887, Esperanto aimed to offer a constructed language that was easy to learn, understand and even help to promote world peace. Despite the passing of almost 140 years, speakers say it's ...