Countries
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Dutch Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
dankjewel
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
goeie nag
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Goeienaand
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
goedemiddag
Good Morning
goeie more
goedemorgen
Please
asseblief
alsjeblieft
Bye
Not Available
vaarwel
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
pardon
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Gronings
Where They Speak
Not Available
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Not Available
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
afrikaans
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Afrikaans
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Dutch people
Origin
17th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
mode1257
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Dutch Speaking population
Afrikaans and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Afrikaans vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Dutch Language Codes
Afrikaans and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.