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Italian vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Akademio de Esperanto   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Halo   

Thank You
grazie   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Bonan matenon   

Please
Per Favore   
Mi petas   

Sorry
scusate   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
arrivederci   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Italiano   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
italien   
espéranto   

German Name
Italienisch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1887   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Esperanto   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
epo   

ISO 639 3
ita   
epo   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Italian and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Esperanto language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Esperanto Language History.

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

Italian vs Esperanto Difficulty

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

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