Esperantujo

When two people are speaking Esperanto (an artificial?, international language) they are said to be "in" Esperantujo, although geographically they are in Spain, Russia, or Canada. So understood, Esperantujo may have two "inhabitants," or many more, and it is everywhere.

In Esperanto some names of countries are formed from a base word that is the name of a people. This is done either with the original suffix UJ, or with the unofficial suffix I, or in some cases with the root LAND, eg. "Franco" ("Frenchman") => "Francujo", "Francio" (or "Franclando"). The name of the "fictitious" Esperantoland is analogously formed like this although the root does not indicate a people, but is the name of a language: "Esperantujo", "Esperantio" or "Esperantolando". For ordinary countries the I forms are more popular than the UJ forms, but in the case of Esperantoland, the UJ form is for some reason the most widely used one. Perhaps "Esperantio" is more popular with younger Esperantist. E.g. the Pasporta Servo uses the -io form.

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