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Esperanto vs French


French vs Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
32   
3

National Language
East Asia, European Union   
France   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
bonjour   

Thank You
Dankon   
Merci   

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Bonan nokton   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Bonan matenon   
Bonjour   

Please
Mi petas   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!   
désolé   

Bye
Ĝis poste   
au revoir   

I Love You
Mi amas vin   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Pardonu!   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Not present   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Not present   
African French   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
0.20 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Esperanto   
français   

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   
Français   

French Name
espéranto   
français   

German Name
Esperanto   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1887   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Esperanto   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Signuno   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eo   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
epo   
fre   

ISO 639 3
epo   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
espe1235   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Esperanto and French Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and French language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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

Esperanto vs French Difficulty

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

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