diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dfd259a9..82974528c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **contains(str, seed [, options])**    | check if the string contains the seed.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ ignoreCase: false, minOccurrences: 1 }`.<br />Options: <br/> `ignoreCase`: Ignore case when doing comparison, default false.<br/>`minOccurences`: Minimum number of occurrences for the seed in the string. Defaults to 1.
 **equals(str, comparison)**             | check if the string matches the comparison.
 **isAfter(str [, options])**            | check if the string is a date that is after the specified date.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ comparisonDate: Date().toString() }`.<br/>**Options:**<br/>`comparisonDate`: Date to compare to. Defaults to `Date().toString()` (now).
-**isAlpha(str [, locale, options])**    | check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'bn', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'kk-KZ', 'ko-KR', 'ja-JP', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']` and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphaLocales`. `options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): `ignore` which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
-**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale, options])**      | check if the string contains only letters and numbers (a-zA-Z0-9).<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bn', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'kk-KZ', 'ko-KR', 'ja-JP','ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`. `options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): `ignore` which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
+**isAlpha(str [, locale, options])**    | check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'bn', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'kk-KZ', 'ko-KR', 'ja-JP', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']` and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphaLocales`. `options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): `ignore` which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
+**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale, options])**      | check if the string contains only letters and numbers (a-zA-Z0-9).<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bn', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'kk-KZ', 'ko-KR', 'ja-JP','ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`. `options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): `ignore` which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
 **isAscii(str)**                        | check if the string contains ASCII chars only.
 **isBase32(str [, options])**           | check if the string is base32 encoded. `options` is optional and defaults to `{ crockford: false }`.<br/> When `crockford` is true it tests the given base32 encoded string using [Crockford's base32 alternative][Crockford Base32].
 **isBase58(str)**                       | check if the string is base58 encoded.
diff --git a/src/lib/alpha.js b/src/lib/alpha.js
index d540ed1cf..8c37934ff 100644
--- a/src/lib/alpha.js
+++ b/src/lib/alpha.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export const alpha = {
   he: /^[א-ת]+$/,
   fa: /^['آاءأؤئبپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهةی']+$/i,
   bn: /^['ঀঁংঃঅআইঈউঊঋঌএঐওঔকখগঘঙচছজঝঞটঠডঢণতথদধনপফবভমযরলশষসহ়ঽািীুূৃৄেৈোৌ্ৎৗড়ঢ়য়ৠৡৢৣৰৱ৲৳৴৵৶৷৸৹৺৻']+$/,
+  eo: /^[ABCĈD-GĜHĤIJĴK-PRSŜTUŬVZ]+$/i,
   'hi-IN': /^[\u0900-\u0961]+[\u0972-\u097F]*$/i,
   'si-LK': /^[\u0D80-\u0DFF]+$/,
 };
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ export const alphanumeric = {
   he: /^[0-9א-ת]+$/,
   fa: /^['0-9آاءأؤئبپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهةی۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹۰']+$/i,
   bn: /^['ঀঁংঃঅআইঈউঊঋঌএঐওঔকখগঘঙচছজঝঞটঠডঢণতথদধনপফবভমযরলশষসহ়ঽািীুূৃৄেৈোৌ্ৎৗড়ঢ়য়ৠৡৢৣ০১২৩৪৫৬৭৮৯ৰৱ৲৳৴৵৶৷৸৹৺৻']+$/,
+  eo: /^[0-9ABCĈD-GĜHĤIJĴK-PRSŜTUŬVZ]+$/i,
   'hi-IN': /^[\u0900-\u0963]+[\u0966-\u097F]*$/i,
   'si-LK': /^[0-9\u0D80-\u0DFF]+$/,
 };
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ for (let locale, i = 0; i < bengaliLocales.length; i++) {
 // Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark
 export const dotDecimal = ['ar-EG', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY'];
 export const commaDecimal = [
-  'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR',
+  'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-ZM', 'eo', 'es-ES', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR',
   'id-ID', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'nb-NO', 'nn-NO', 'nl-NL', 'pl-PL', 'pt-PT',
   'ru-RU', 'kk-KZ', 'si-LK', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sr-RS', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'vi-VN',
 ];
diff --git a/test/validators.test.js b/test/validators.test.js
index 6c68cd71a..f54599360 100644
--- a/test/validators.test.js
+++ b/test/validators.test.js
@@ -2048,6 +2048,25 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should validate Esperanto alpha strings', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isAlpha',
+      args: ['eo'],
+      valid: [
+        'saluton',
+        'eĥoŝanĝoĉiuĵaŭde',
+        'EĤOŜANĜOĈIUĴAŬDE',
+        'Esperanto',
+        'LaŭLudovikoZamenhofBongustasFreŝaĈeĥaManĝaĵoKunSpicoj',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'qwxyz',
+        '1887',
+        'qwxyz 1887',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should error on invalid locale', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isAlpha',
@@ -2735,6 +2754,24 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should validate Esperanto alphanumeric strings', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isAlphanumeric',
+      args: ['eo'],
+      valid: [
+        'saluton',
+        'eĥoŝanĝoĉiuĵaŭde0123456789',
+        'EĤOŜANĜOĈIUĴAŬDE0123456789',
+        'Esperanto1887',
+        'LaŭLudovikoZamenhofBongustasFreŝaĈeĥaManĝaĵoKunSpicoj',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'qwxyz',
+        'qwxyz 1887',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should error on invalid locale', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isAlphanumeric',