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Esperanto and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
East Asia, European Union  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

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

Similar To
Latin and Italian Languages  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
27  
17
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
Dankon  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Bonan nokton  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Bonan matenon  
goeie more  

Please
Mi petas  
asseblief  

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!  
jammer  

Bye
Ĝis poste  
Totsiens  

I Love You
Mi amas vin  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Pardonu!  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Not present  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Not present  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Not present  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
Esperanto  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
espéranto  
afrikaans  

German Name
Esperanto  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Esperanto speakers  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
1887  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Esperanto  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
33  
31
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signuno  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eo  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
epo  
afr  

ISO 639 3
epo  
afr  

ISO 639 6
epo  
afrs  

Glottocode
espe1235  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic  

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

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Esperanto and Afrikaans Speaking population

Esperanto and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Esperanto and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Esperanto and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Esperanto and Afrikaans on Esperanto vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Esperanto and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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