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Afrikaans and Esperanto


Esperanto and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
South Africa   
East Asia, European Union   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Halo   

Thank You
Dankie   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Bonan matenon   

Please
asseblief   
Mi petas   

Sorry
jammer   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
Not Available   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not present   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
afrikaans   
espéranto   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1887   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Esperanto   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
epo   

ISO 639 3
afr   
epo   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Afrikaans and Esperanto Speaking population

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

Afrikaans and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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