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Afrikaans and Marwari


Marwari and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Rajastan, India   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Nepal, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
khammaghani   

Thank You
Dankie   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Shubh Havar   

Please
asseblief   
kirpa   

Sorry
jammer   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
22.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
14.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Marwari   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
afrikaans   
marvari   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
17th Century   
16   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Marwari   

Language Position
Not Available   
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
afr   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
raja1256   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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All Afrikaans and Marwari 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 Marwari dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Marwari language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Marwari Dialects are spoken in different Marwari speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Marwari Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Marwari dialects include: Jogi , Bagri. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Marwari Speaking population

Afrikaans and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Afrikaans vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Marwari Language Codes

Afrikaans and Marwari language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Marwari Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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