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Afrikaans and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
16   
13

How Many Consonants
17   
7
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Dankie   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
goeie more   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
asseblief   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
jammer   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
Not Available   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Not Available   

French Name
afrikaans   
sanskrit   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
san   

ISO 639 3
afr   
san   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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

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Afrikaans and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Afrikaans and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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