Countries
South Africa
India, Nepal
National Language
South Africa
Nepal
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Hindi
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Dankie
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
goeie nag
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Good afternoon
Good Morning
goeie more
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
jammer
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Not Available
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Doteli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Namibia
Nepal
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
afrikaans
népalais
German Name
Afrikaans
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
17th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
nepa1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative
All Afrikaans and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Nepali Speaking population
Afrikaans and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Afrikaans vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Nepali Language Codes
Afrikaans and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.