Countries
South Africa
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
South Africa
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
asseblief
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Agglutinative
  
Afrikaans and Esperanto Speaking population
Afrikaans and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Esperanto on Afrikaans vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Esperanto Language Codes
Afrikaans and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.