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Esperanto and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
East Asia, European Union   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
27   
17
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
hallo   

Thank You
Dankon   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Bonan nokton   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Bonan matenon   
goeie more   

Please
Mi petas   
asseblief   

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!   
jammer   

Bye
Ĝis poste   
Not Available   

I Love You
Mi amas vin   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Pardonu!   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.20 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Esperanto   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
espéranto   
afrikaans   

German Name
Esperanto   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1887   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Esperanto   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Signuno   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eo   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
epo   
afr   

ISO 639 3
epo   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
espe1235   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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All Esperanto and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Esperanto and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Esperanto and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Esperanto are spoken in different Esperanto Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Esperanto vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Esperanto and Afrikaans Speaking population

Esperanto and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Esperanto and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Esperanto and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Esperanto and Afrikaans on Esperanto vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Esperanto and Afrikaans Language Codes

Esperanto and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Esperanto and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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