👉 Esperanto is a language spoken in Latvia, Lithuania, and other countries of Eastern Europe. It was created by linguist JÄnis Laimas in 1952 as a way to communicate with people who were not fluent in Latvian or Lithuanian. Esperanto is based on the Latin alphabet and uses it for its phonetics. Esperanto has a unique writing system, where each letter stands for a different sound, and there are no vowels. It also