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Esperanto vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
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  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
3  
12

National Language
Spain  
East Asia, European Union  

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

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

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

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

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

Similar To
French Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Halo  

Thank You
Gracias  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Por Favor  
Mi petas  

Sorry
triste  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
adiós  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Not present  

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

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Not present  

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

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Not present  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
Español  
Esperanto  

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

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
espéranto  

German Name
Spanisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Esperanto  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
epo  

ISO 639 3
spa  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Spanish and Esperanto Language History

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

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

Spanish vs Esperanto Difficulty

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

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