The most widely spoken constructed language, designed by Zamenhof in the late
19th century as an international auxiliary language, or auxlang.
Formerly (in the 'Tweeners era) a substantial number of Lojbanists were familiar with Esperanto. This no longer appears to be the case. -> Lojban and Esperanto
How many still do? nitcion, xorxes...maiky'elsym...cein...stivyn...
The gismu spero was suggested for Esperanto, but rejected.
lei la esperanton prenu.
'shouldn't this be "lei me la esperanton. prenu"?' If you want a tanru, yes. But this isn't necessarily a tanru. lei la esperanton. prenu expands to lei prenu pe la esperanton much as le mi cukta expands to le cukta pe mi.