Esperantujo

Esperantujo
Esperantio
Linguistic area
Flag of Esperanto
Jubilee Symbol of Esperanto
Etymology: Esperant + ujo (“nation of Esperanto”)
Anthem: "La Espero"
Countries where a national Esperanto Association exists
Countries where a national Esperanto Association exists
Population
 • Estimate 
(1999)
2 million
DemonymEsperantist
LanguageEsperanto

Esperantujo (IPA: [esperanˈtujo]) or Esperantio (IPA: [esperanˈtio]) is the community of speakers of the Esperanto language and their culture, as well as the places and institutions where the language is used. The term is used "as if it were a country."[1]

Although it does not occupy its own area of Earth's surface, it can be said to constitute the 120 countries which have their own national Esperanto association.

  1. ^ (angla) Though Ethnologue refers only to Poland as a country for Esperanto-speakers, Esperanto is to be considered a transnational language.