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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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