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Europanto is a constructed language, a linguistic jest with a hodge-podge vocabulary from many European languages. It was created in 1996 by Diego Marani, a translator for the European Council of Ministers in Brussels. Marani created it in response to the perceived dominance of the English language; it is an emulation of the effect that non-native speakers struggling to learn a language typically add words and phrases from their native language to express their meanings clearly.

Thus, Europanto has a grammar much like English, with words borrowed from various languages and adapted to be easily understood. It is sometimes considered a parody of the international auxiliary language genreThe term genre refers to the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. Genre" is originally a French word meaning "kind", "sort" or "type"; in grammatical terminolo, particularly the " EurocloneEuroclone languages are international auxiliary languages which use a posteriori vocabulary borrowed from the roots of European languages. Many of the Euroclones use a mix of Germanic and Romance roots, but most often the roots are taken from Romance lang" variety.

The name Europanto is a portmanteauPortmanteau has two meanings. It can refer to a travelling case or to a word formed by combining two or more words. Travelling case A portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux is a large travelling case made of leather. These cases consist of two h combination of European and the GreekThe Greek language ( /Elini'k{/) is an Indo-European language which has existed from around the 14th century BC in the Cretan inscriptions called Linear B. Mycenaean Greek of this period is distinguished from later Classical or Ancient Greek of the 8th ce stem πάντ- (all), and resembles EsperantoEsperanto is a planned ( constructed) international auxiliary language. The name derives from the pseudonym (Dr. Esperanto) under which L. Zamenhof published the language in 1887. See Esperanto history. His intention was to create an easy-to-learn languag.

Marani wrote regular newspaperBrookgreen Gardens Pawleys Island, South Carolina A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable publication, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint, containing a journal of current news in a variety of topics. These topics can include political columns about the language and published a novel using it.