Afrikaans and Malaysian
Countries
South Africa
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
South Africa
Malaysia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Thailand
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Dankie
terima kasih
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Apa khabar?
Good Night
goeie nag
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
goeie more
Selamat pagi
Bye
Not Available
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Pekal
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Musi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Not Available
French Name
afrikaans
malais
German Name
Afrikaans
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Not Available
Origin
17th Century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
stan1306
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative
All Afrikaans and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Malaysian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Afrikaans vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Malaysian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.