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Xhosa and Estonian


Estonian and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Finnish   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
43   
32
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
Tere   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Unjani   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Molo   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Ndicela   
Palun   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
Vabandust   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Head aega   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Idamurre   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
isiXhosa   
eesti keel   

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

French Name
xhosa   
estonien   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Estonians   

History

Origin
16th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Bantu   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
est   

ISO 639 3
xho   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Xhosa and Estonian Speaking population

Xhosa and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Xhosa and Estonian on Xhosa vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Estonian Language Codes

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

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