Countries
South Africa
Fiji, India
National Language
South Africa
India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Urdu
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hindi.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Dankie
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
goeie nag
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
goeie more
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
asseblief
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Bye
Not Available
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Marwari
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Namibia
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
afrikaans
hindi
German Name
Afrikaans
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Hindustani people
Origin
17th Century
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Hindi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
hind1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Hindi 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 Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Hindi Speaking population
Afrikaans and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Afrikaans vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Hindi Language Codes
Afrikaans and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
