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Dutch and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Hallo   

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   

Sorry
jammer   
sorry   

Bye
Not Available   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
6.00 million   
25

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   

History

Origin
17th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
dut   

ISO 639 3
afr   
nld   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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