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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Esperanto as a First Language? (was Re: What is "international"?)
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mike.dana@boeing.com writes in a recent posting (reference <32E7F44A.24CD@boeing.com>):
>
>Regardless of it's "International" usage/non-usage (name two Countries
>who officially interact in Esperanto...), How many people speak it as
>their First Language:  their "native tongue"?
>-- 

I know of no official use of Esperanto at the country level, although
quite a few cities in Europe produce tourist information &c in Esperanto.
At many international gatherings, Esperanto is spoken by representatives
of various countries.
Native speakers number in the hundreds, and the total is always growing!
-- 
Miko SLOPER              elna@netcom.com              USA  (510) 653 0998
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