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Countries

Countries

East Asia, European Union, South America
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

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

East Asia, European Union
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

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Regulated By

Akademio de Esperanto
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Interesting Facts

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

Similar To

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

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3226
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2721
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

27
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Hello

Thank You

Dankon
Thank you

How Are You?

Kiel vi sanas?
How are you?

Good Night

Bonan nokton
Good Night

Good Evening

Bonan vesperon
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Bonan posttagmezon
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Bonan matenon
Good Morning

Please

Mi petas
Please

Sorry

Mi bedaŭras!
Sorry

Bye

Ĝis poste
Bye

I Love You

Mi amas vin
I love you

Excuse Me

Pardonu!
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Not present
American English

Where They Speak

Not present
United States of America

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Not present
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Not present
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Not present
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

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

0188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.20 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.20 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Esperanto
English

Alternative Names

Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
English

French Name

espéranto
anglais

German Name

Esperanto
Englisch

Pronunciation

[espeˈranto]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Esperanto speakers
English people

History

Origin

1887
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Esperanto
Standard English

Language Position

333
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signuno
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

eo
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

epo
eng

ISO 639 2/B

epo
eng

ISO 639 3

epo
eng

ISO 639 6

epo
engs

Glottocode

espe1235
stan1293

Linguasphere

51-AAB-da
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Constructed
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Esperanto vs English Speaking Countries

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

  • Esperanto is spoken as a national language in: East Asia, European Union.
  • 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.

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

Esperanto and English Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and English language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 Esperanto and English Language History.

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

Esperanto vs English Difficulty

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