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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
East Asia, European Union, South America

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
East Asia, European Union

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Akademio de Esperanto

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Latin and Italian Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2127
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

72
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Halo

Thank You

Thank you
Dankon

How Are You?

How are you?
Kiel vi sanas?

Good Night

Good Night
Bonan nokton

Good Evening

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon

Good Morning

Good Morning
Bonan matenon

Please

Please
Mi petas

Sorry

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!

Bye

Bye
Ĝis poste

I Love You

I love you
Mi amas vin

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Pardonu!

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Not present

Where They Speak

United States of America
Not present

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Not present

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Not present

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Not present

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Not present

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.002,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1880
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million2.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million0.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Esperanto

Alternative Names

English
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia

French Name

anglais
espéranto

German Name

Englisch
Esperanto

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[espeˈranto]

Ethnicity

English people
Esperanto speakers

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1887

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Proto-Esperanto

Standard Forms

Standard English
Esperanto

Language Position

333
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signuno

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
eo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
epo

ISO 639 2/B

eng
epo

ISO 639 3

eng
epo

ISO 639 6

engs
epo

Glottocode

stan1293
espe1235

Linguasphere

52-ABA
51-AAB-da

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Constructed

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative

English vs Esperanto Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs Esperanto speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or Esperanto language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.
  • Esperanto is spoken as a national language in: East Asia, European Union.

You will also get to know the continents where English and Esperanto speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of Esperanto language is 33. Find all the information about these languages on English and Esperanto.

English and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of English vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of English and Esperanto language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th 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 English and Esperanto Language History.

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

English vs Esperanto Difficulty

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