It's a joke language. Not even as real as Klingon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europanto
It ought not be in the Ethnologue, really.
At 10:10 -0700 2006-04-18, Peter Constable wrote:
>During our teleconference, I pulled out Ethnologue 15th edn. when
>official languages of Belgium were mentioned, and happened to notice
>an entry for a language used only in Belgium that looks like it
>might be recognized as an official language, though not by the
>Belgium government! (I haven't looked into what it's status might
>be; it just looks like a likely possibility.) It's not in 639-2:
>
>
>http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eur
>
>Europanto
>A language of Belgium
>ISO/DIS 639-3: eur
>
>Population: No estimate available.
>Region: Brussels, European Union buildings.
>Classification: Artificial language
>Language use: A mixture of elements from some of the main European
>languages, for use among members of the European Union.
>Comments: Second language only.
>
>
>
>Peter
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