1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Estonia, European Union
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Estonia, Gambia
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
Tere hommikust
goeie more
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ma armastan sind
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Tartu
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Idamurre
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.10 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.95 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
13th century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Estonian
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology