Estonian and Xhosa
Countries
Estonia, European Union
South Africa
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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.
Similar To
Finnish
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
aitäh
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Unjani
Good Night
Head ööd
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Molo
Sorry
Vabandust
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Head aega
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
South Africa
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
South Africa
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
South Africa
Native Name
eesti keel
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
estonien
xhosa
German Name
Estnisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Estonians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
13th century
16th Century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Estonian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Xhosa Speaking population
Estonian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Estonian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Xhosa Language Codes
Estonian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.