Countries
South Africa
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Finnish
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4318
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Tere
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
aitäh
How Are You?
Unjani
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Head ööd
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Molo
Tere hommikust
Please
Ndicela
Palun
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Vabandust
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Head aega
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
South Africa
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Tartu
Where They Speak
South Africa
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Idamurre
Where They Speak
South Africa
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
19.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
98
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
eesti keel
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Eesti keel
French Name
xhosa
estonien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Estonians
Origin
16th Century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Bantu
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Estonian
Language Position
2122
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
xh
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
est
ISO 639 2/B
xho
est
ISO 639 3
xho
est
ISO 639 6
xho
est
Glottocode
xhos1239
esto1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative