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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
East Asia, European Union, South America
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
323
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
France
East Asia, European Union
1.4 Second Language
Africa, Canada
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Akademio de Esperanto
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
1.9 Similar To
Italian Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2632
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
65
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2027
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
62
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks6 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
bonjour
Halo
3.2 Thank You
Merci
Dankon
3.3 How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Kiel vi sanas?
3.4 Good Night
bonne Nuit
Bonan nokton
3.5 Good Evening
bonsoir
Bonan vesperon
3.6 Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Bonan posttagmezon
3.7 Good Morning
Bonjour
Bonan matenon
3.8 Please
S'il vous plaît
Mi petas
3.9 Sorry
désolé
Mi bedaŭras!
3.10 Bye
au revoir
Ĝis poste
3.11 I Love You
Je t'aime
Mi amas vin
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Pardonu!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Quebec French
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Not present
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00NA
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
African French
Not present
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Africa
Not present
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Swiss French
Not present
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Not present
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
250
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
163.00 million2.20 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.12 %NA
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
76.00 million0.20 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
87.00 million2.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
français
Esperanto
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Français
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
5.3.4 French Name
français
espéranto
5.3.5 German Name
Französisch
Esperanto
5.4 Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[espeˈranto]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
1887
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Esperanto
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard French
Esperanto
6.3.3 Language Position
13NA
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signuno
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
fr
eo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
fra
epo
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
fre
epo
7.3 ISO 639 3
fra
epo
7.4 ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1290
espe1235
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
51-AAB-da
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Constructed
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

French vs Esperanto Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare French vs Esperanto speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak French or Esperanto language.

  • French is spoken as a national language in: France.
  • Esperanto is spoken as a national language in: East Asia, European Union.

You will also get to know the continents where French and Esperanto speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of French language is 13 and position of Esperanto language is not available. Find all the information about these languages on French and Esperanto.

French and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of French vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of French and Esperanto language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Esperanto Language History.

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

French vs Esperanto Difficulty

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