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Afrikaans
Afrikaans
English
English
English and Afrikaans


Countries
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   
Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2
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   
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
South Africa   
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   
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.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language   
Not Available   
Derived From
Dutch Language   
Latin   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2
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
7   
6
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3
Greetings
Hello
hallo   
Hello   
Thank You
Dankie   
Thank you   
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
How are you?   
Good Night
goeie nag   
Good Night   
Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Good Evening   
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Good Afternoon   
Good Morning
goeie more   
Good Morning   
Please
asseblief   
Please   
Sorry
jammer   
Sorry   
Bye
Not Available   
Bye   
I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
I love you   
Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Excuse Me   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
American English   
Where They Speak
Not Available   
United States of America   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Hiberno-English   
Where They Speak
Not Available   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Welsh English   
Where They Speak
Namibia   
United Kingdom   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14
Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
188   
34
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1
Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4
Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
400.00 million   
1
Native Name
Afrikaans   
English   
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Not Available   
French Name
afrikaans   
anglais   
German Name
Afrikaans   
Englisch   
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Not Available   
History
Origin
17th Century   
5th Century AD   
Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   
Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   
Branch
Western   
Not Available   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Standard English   
Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed English   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
af   
en   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr   
eng   
ISO 639 2/B
afr   
eng   
ISO 639 3
afr   
eng   
ISO 639 6
afrs   
engs   
Glottocode
afri1274   
stan1293   
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
52-ABA   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
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All Afrikaans and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and English Speaking population

Afrikaans and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and English languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Afrikaans vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and English Language Codes

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

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