Afrikaans and Estonian
Countries
South Africa
Estonia, European Union
National Language
South Africa
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Finnish
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
goeie nag
Head ööd
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Tere päevast
Good Morning
goeie more
Tere hommikust
Bye
Not Available
Head aega
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Tartu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Namibia
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Eesti keel
French Name
afrikaans
estonien
German Name
Afrikaans
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Estonians
Origin
17th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Estonian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
esto1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Estonian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Estonian on Afrikaans vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Estonian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.