Esperanto was chosen rather than a major national language such as English because it is nationally neutral and relatively easy to master, while still backed and proven by an existing infrastructure—over a century of Esperanto culture—and its surface similarities to major European languages facilitate the learning of regional and world languages such as English, Spanish, or Russian.
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Esperanto speakers maintain that Esperanto does have an international culture, interculture or Esperanto culture, developed over the past century, which includes among Esperanto music and other things, a significant original literature that provides the Esperanto community with a common background — a distinctive feature of any cultural community.