alt Hacker NewsExcept there's no media in Esperanto that can compete with the dominant language. And there surely are other factors, such as that the parents are unlikely to be really fluent in most cases. Labeling it as native or L1 is following a loose definition strictly.
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Viliam1234 • yesterday at 9:32 PM
Competing with big languages is difficult for smaller languages, but that is not specific for Esperanto.
Here are some media in Esperanto:
Esperanto doesn't have to compete with the dominant language to merit the distinction L1. One of the reason that label is favoured these days is that in multilingual societies and families, a child can be exposed to multiple languages and of course some will be dominant, but they are still learned during that childhood phase.