Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
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.