Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
South Africa
Russia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Dankie
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
goeie nag
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
goeie more
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
asseblief
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
jammer
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Not Available
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Olonets
Where They Speak
Not Available
Olonets
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Namibia
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Русский
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Russki
French Name
afrikaans
russe
German Name
Afrikaans
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Russians
Origin
17th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
russ1263
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Russian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Afrikaans vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Russian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.