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Afrikaans and Czech


Czech and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Czech Republic   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Institute of the Czech Language   

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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
32   
21

How Many Consonants
17   
7
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
ahoj   

Thank You
Dankie   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
goeie more   
dobré ráno   

Please
asseblief   
prosím   

Sorry
jammer   
litovat   

Bye
Not Available   
sbohem   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
afrikaans   
tchèque   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Czechs   

History

Origin
17th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
Not Available   
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
cze   

ISO 639 3
afr   
ces   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Afrikaans and Czech Speaking population

Afrikaans and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. 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 Afrikaans and Czech on Afrikaans vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Czech Language Codes

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

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