I've heard there is around 1000 native speakers in the world. I've met one such. His parents met at a conference, and only had Esperanto in common. I've been

I've heard there is around 1000 native speakers in the world. I've met one such. His parents met at a conference, and only had Esperanto in common. I've been at music festivals where I met people who did not speak English, so Esperanto was our best common language.