Esperanto is written in a Latin-script alphabet of twenty-eight letters, with upper and lower case. This is supplemented by punctuation marks and by various logograms, such as the digits 0–9, currency signs such as $ € ¥ £ ₷, and mathematical symbols. The creator of Esperanto, L. L. Zamenhof, declared a principle of "one letter, one sound", though this is a general rather than strict guideline.[1]
Twenty-two of the letters are identical in form to letters of the English alphabet (q, w, x, and y being omitted). The remaining six have diacritical marks: ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ, and ŭ – that is, c, g, h, j, and s circumflex, and u breve.
words. In Spanish orthography, ⟨f⟩ is used to represent /f/. In Esperantoorthography, ⟨f⟩ is used to represent /f/. In the Hepburn romanization of Japanese...
transcription delimiters. Esperanto is a constructed international auxiliary language designed to have a simple phonology. The creator of Esperanto, L. L. Zamenhof...
Italian, Turkish, Spanish, Finnish, Czech, Latvian, Esperanto, Korean and Swahili orthographic systems come much closer to being consistent phonemic...
the letters in the Esperanto alphabet that have diacritics, as well as a number of graphic work-arounds. The diacritics of Esperanto were designed with...
Native Esperanto speakers (Esperanto: denaskuloj or denaskaj esperantistoj) are people who have acquired Esperanto as one of their native languages. As...
language in Dr. Esperanto's International Language (Esperanto: Unua Libro), which he published under the pseudonym Doktoro Esperanto. Early adopters of...
phonemic orthography. For example, Interlingua has geisha (from Japanese 芸者), sheik (from Arabic شيخ), and kayak (from Inuit ᖃᔭᖅ); in Esperanto, these words...
were intended to replace Esperanto. Limited suggestions for improvement within the framework of Esperanto, such as orthographic reforms and riism, are not...
supercomputer System X (telephony), digital switching platform X-sistemo in Esperantoorthography SIGSALY, secure voice transmission system; sometimes called "X System"...
an English verb meaning to move from one place to another go, in Esperantoorthography, a name for the letter g Gō (given name), a masculine Japanese given...
An Esperantist (Esperanto: esperantisto) is a person who speaks, reads or writes Esperanto. According to the Declaration of Boulogne, a document agreed...
As in most braille orthographies, proper names are not contracted, and words preceded by this sign are not contracted in Esperanto Braille. "Redirecting...
Esperanto symbols, primarily the Esperanto flag, have seen much consistency over the time of Esperanto's existence (namely in the consistent usage of the...
too. Esperanto has six letters with diacritics: ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ, and ŭ. To avoid the diacritics, Esperanto offers two alternative orthographies. Uropi...
The orthographic depth of an alphabetic orthography indicates the degree to which a written language deviates from simple one-to-one letter–phoneme correspondence...
is considered a separate letter for purposes of collation. (See Esperantoorthography.) In Nsenga, ŵ denotes the labiodental approximant /ʋ/. In Chichewa...
or Esperantio (IPA: [esperanˈtio]) is the community of speakers of the Esperanto language and their culture, as well as the places and institutions where...
Esperanto is the most widely used constructed language intended for international communication; it was designed with highly regular grammatical rules...
The Esperanto movement, less commonly referred to as Esperantism (Esperanto: Esperantismo), is a movement to disseminate the use of the planned international...
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