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Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, by
Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia
Author: Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof
Release Date: December 3, 2006 [EBook #20006]
Language: Esperanto
Character set encoding: ASCII
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
The Esperanto alphabet consists of 28 letters: the 26 letters of the English alphabet, but with "q", "w", "x" and "y" removed, and six accented letters added. The accented letters are "c", "g", "h", "j", and "s" (each with a circumflex accent), and "u" (with a breve accent). Since these accented letters are not included in the ASCII character set, some other means must be used to represent them.
The rules of Esperanto grammar allow for alternative spellings if the accented letters are not available: the accented letters may be replaced by "ch", "gh", "hh", "jh", "sh", and "u" (respectively). However, this system presents some difficulties for electronic applications, since it cannot be reliably converted automatically into other formats in which the accented characters can be displayed properly. Many electronic Esperanto texts therefore write the accented letters as "cx", "gx", "hx", "jx", "sx", and "ux". Since "x" does not appear in the Esperanto alphabet, this system allows the accented letters to be repres