1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Israel
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Poland
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Aramaic Language
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
Right-To-Left, 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
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
3.8 Please
asseblief
בבקשה (bevekshah)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Not Available
להתראות (Lehitraot)
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Ashkenazi Hebrew
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Samaritan Hebrew
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Israel, Palestine
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Yemenite Hebrew
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million9.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million4.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million5.60 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Afrikaans
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Israeli, Ivrit
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Hebrew
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Hebrew
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, Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic