Afrikaans and Khasi
Countries
South Africa
Meghalaya
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Dutch Language
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Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
goeie nag
thia sukh
Good Evening
Goeienaand
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
goeie more
khublei
Please
asseblief
Sngewbha
Bye
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khublei
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
map a nga
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Bhoi
Where They Speak
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Not Available
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Namibia
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Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
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Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
afrikaans
khasi
German Name
Afrikaans
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
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Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Khasi people
Origin
17th Century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Khasi
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 6
afrs
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Glottocode
afri1274
khas1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans and Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Khasi Speaking population
Afrikaans and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Khasi on Afrikaans vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Khasi Language Codes
Afrikaans and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.