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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  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

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  
-  

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  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

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  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Not present  

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

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
2,000,000.00  
99+

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 %  
23
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
italien  
espéranto  

German Name
Italienisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Esperanto  

Language Position
27  
25
33  
31

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  
epo  

Glottocode
ital1282  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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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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