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