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Esperanto vs English


English vs Esperanto


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
3  
12
33  
2

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  
-  

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
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
6 weeks  
3

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
2,000,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Not present  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

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
33  
31
3  
3

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  

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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.

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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.

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