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French vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs French


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
3   
12

National Language
France   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Halo   

Thank You
Merci   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Bonan matenon   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Mi petas   

Sorry
désolé   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
au revoir   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Not present   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
français   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Français   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
français   
espéranto   

German Name
Französisch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1887   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Esperanto   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
epo   

ISO 639 3
fra   
epo   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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.

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