1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
asseblief
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
jammer
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
Not Available
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA16,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Fiji Hindi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Tharu Bhojpuri
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Afrikaans
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
19th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Bhojpuri
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology