1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
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
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million1,200.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million400.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million400.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
5th Century AD
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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed English
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic