 However, most of these projects are specific to individual nationalities (riism from English speakers, for example), and the only changes that have gained acceptance in the Esperanto community have been the minor and gradual bottom-up reforms discussed in the last section.Esperanto is credited with influencing or inspiring several later competing language projects, such as Occidental (1922) and Novial (1928).These always lagged far behind Esperanto in their popularity.