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Estonian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Molo   

Thank You
aitäh   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Unjani   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Molo   

Please
Palun   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Head aega   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
eesti keel   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
estonien   
xhosa   

German Name
Estnisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
13th century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Finnic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
xho   

ISO 639 3
est   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Estonian and Xhosa 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 Estonian and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Xhosa Speaking population

Estonian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Estonian and Xhosa on Estonian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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