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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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