Countries
South Africa
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.