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The 21 pages that link to Esperanto, each with the reason it gives.

• English languageCompared with: Esperanto was designed for international communication, unlike English, which spread through historical power and use.

• Lingua francaCompared with: Unlike languages adopted through political or economic dominance, it was deliberately designed as a neutral bridge.

• English as a lingua francaCompared with: Unlike English, Esperanto was deliberately designed to serve as an international shared language.

• Constructed languageBroader topic: It is the best-known planned language developed for international communication.

• International auxiliary languageBroader topic: It is the most widely known and continuously used planned auxiliary language.

• Natural languageBroader topic: Esperanto offers a prominent comparison with languages that evolved without a designer.

• Universal languageBroader topic: It is the best-known planned language designed for international communication.

• Wilhelm OstwaldRelated: Ostwald supported Esperanto as a means of international scientific communication.

• InterlinguaCompared with: Esperanto builds a more systematically constructed vocabulary, while Interlingua emphasizes existing shared forms.

• VolapükCompared with: Its clearer vocabulary and growing community overtook Volapük in influence.

• IdoNarrower topic: Ido began as a proposed revision of Esperanto rather than an independent design.

• L. L. ZamenhofNarrower topic: It is the language Zamenhof designed and the work that defines his legacy.

• BiałystokRelated: The language connects Białystok’s multilingual history with an international movement.

• HomaranismoRelated: It was the linguistic project most closely associated with the same aspiration to overcome divisions.

• InterlinguisticsBroader topic: Its continuing community made it a major test of whether a planned language can become lived language.

• Johann Martin SchleyerCompared with: Esperanto became Volapük’s better-known successor in the auxiliary-language movement.

• Marc OkrandCompared with: Unlike Esperanto’s planned international role, Klingon was designed for a fictional culture.

• FinvenkismoNarrower topic: Finvenkismo is a movement within the wider Esperanto community.

• GermanCompared with: Its deliberately regular grammar contrasts with German's historically developed inflectional system.

• Otto JespersenCompared with: Jespersen’s Novial competed with Esperanto’s vision of an international planned language.

• AnationalismRelated: Esperanto circles provided an early setting for articulating anational ideas.