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Esperanto vs Spanish


Spanish vs Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
46  
1

National Language
East Asia, European Union  
Spain  

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hola  

Thank You
Dankon  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Bonan nokton  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Bonan matenon  
Buenos Días  

Please
Mi petas  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!  
triste  

Bye
Ĝis poste  
adiós  

I Love You
Mi amas vin  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Pardonu!  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Not present  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Not present  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Esperanto  
Español  

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
espéranto  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Esperanto  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1887  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Esperanto  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signuno  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eo  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
epo  
spa  

ISO 639 3
epo  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
espe1235  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Esperanto and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and Spanish language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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Esperanto and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Spanish language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Esperanto vs Spanish Difficulty

The Esperanto vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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