Abstract
Esperanto was proposed by its creator L.L. Zamenhof in 1887 as an auxiliary language aimed at facilitating international communication. With such a goal, the teaching and assimilation of the language was a crucial problem. But, when Esperanto appeared in 1887, there was only one small textbook (soon a second one would appear) and nobody spoke it yet. How then could one teach and learn a language that has just appeared and has no speakers ? This is the subject of the present contribution.

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