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Naturally nobody speaks this strangely neat prose (9)

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esperanto

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'naturally nobody speaks this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'strangely neat prose' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'neat'+'prose'='neatprose'
'neatprose' with letters rearranged gives 'ESPERANTO'.

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(Other definitions for esperanto that I've seen before include "No repeats of this artificial language, strangely" , "contrived speech" , "Ape tenors (anag.)" , "Artificial language invented for international use" , "Artificial speech-form" .)

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