Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
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
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
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
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Mi petas
  
Please
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Esperanto
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
espéranto
  
anglais
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1887
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Esperanto and English 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 Esperanto and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and English language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs English Difficulty
The Esperanto vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto Alphabets and English 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 Esperanto and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.