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Esperanto vs English


English vs Esperanto


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
33   
2

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
188   
34

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

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   

History

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   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Signuno   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Esperanto and English Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and English language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 Esperanto and English Language History.

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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.

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