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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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