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Afrikaans and Greek


Greek and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
South Africa   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Dankie   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
goeie more   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
asseblief   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
jammer   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Not Available   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
afrikaans   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Hellenic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
gre   

ISO 639 3
afr   
ell   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
ells   

Glottocode
afri1274   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Afrikaans and Greek Speaking population

Afrikaans and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Afrikaans vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Greek Language Codes

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

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