The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 200 to 2,000 people who speak it as first language (1996); 2,000,000 users (1999 WA). |
| Region | Speakers in about 115 countries, used most widely in central and eastern Europe, China and other countries in eastern Asia, certain areas of South America and southwest Asia. |
| Alternate names | LA LINGVO INTERNACIA |
| Classification | Artificial language. |
| Comments | All ages. Was developed from 1872 to 1885 by L.L. Zamenhof of Warsaw Poland for intercommunication by mother tongue speakers of other languages. SVO; prepositions; genitives, relatives after noun heads, articles, adjectives, numerals before noun heads; question word initial; accusative -n, dative -al; affixes mark tense; passive with esti = passive participle, causative -ig; comparative word, non-tonal. Christian, Baha'i, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Shinto, Taoist, tribal religions, none. Bible 1900-1910. |
