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Esperanto vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
3  
12

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Akademio de Esperanto  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Halo  

Thank You
Thank you  
Dankon  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Please  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Sorry  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Bye  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
I love you  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Not present  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Not present  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
Not Available  

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
English  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
anglais  
espéranto  

German Name
Englisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Esperanto  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
epo  

ISO 639 3
eng  
epo  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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English and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of English vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of English and Esperanto language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Esperanto Language History.

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English and Esperanto Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Esperanto language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common English Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Esperanto Difficulty

The English vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Esperanto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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