1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Old German Language
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Prakrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hallo
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
3.8 Please
asseblief
कृपया (kripayā)
3.9 Sorry
jammer
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
3.10 Bye
Not Available
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Not present
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million14.10 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million14.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Afrikaans
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Vedic Sanskrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Sanskrit
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology