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French vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs French


Countries

Countries
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  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
3  
12

National Language
France  
East Asia, European Union  

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

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

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

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

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

Similar To
Italian Language  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Halo  

Thank You
Merci  
Dankon  

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

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Bonan matenon  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Mi petas  

Sorry
désolé  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
au revoir  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Not present  

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

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Français  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
français  
espéranto  

German Name
Französisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Esperanto  

Language Position
13  
12
33  
31

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
epo  

ISO 639 3
fra  
epo  

ISO 639 6
fras  
epo  

Glottocode
stan1290  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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French and Esperanto Language History

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

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

French vs Esperanto Difficulty

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

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