Afrikaans and Javanese
Countries
South Africa
Indonesia
National Language
South Africa
Indonesia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
piye kabare?
Good Night
goeie nag
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
goeie more
Sugeng énjing
Please
asseblief
Not Available
Sorry
jammer
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Not Available
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Arekan
Where They Speak
Namibia
Indonesia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
afrikaans
javanais
German Name
Afrikaans
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
17th Century
450 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Javanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
java1253
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative
All Afrikaans and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Javanese Speaking population
Afrikaans and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Afrikaans vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Javanese Language Codes
Afrikaans and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.