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German vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Germany   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Akademio de Esperanto   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Halo   

Thank You
Danke   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Bonan matenon   

Please
bitte   
Mi petas   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
Tschüs   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Deutsch   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
allemand   
espéranto   

German Name
Deutsch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1887   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Esperanto   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
epo   

ISO 639 3
deu   
epo   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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German and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of German vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of German and Esperanto language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Esperanto Language History.

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

German vs Esperanto Difficulty

The German vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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