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How Many People Speak Esperanto? Esperanto on the Web

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  • Amri Wandel

    (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

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We suggest an updated estimate of the number of Esperanto speakers worldwide, based on the number of people in Facebook who indicate that they speak the language. A simple calculation accompanied by reasonable refinements leads to a number of approximately two million Esperanto users within the internet community alone, probably significantly more worldwide.

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  • Amri Wandel, 2015. "How Many People Speak Esperanto? Esperanto on the Web," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 13(2), pages 318-321.
    • Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:13:y:2015:i:2:p:318-321
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    Keywords

    Esperanto; Esperanto speech community; Internet; social networks;
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    JEL classification:

    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation

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