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Afrikaans and Santali


Santali and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Dankie   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Not Available   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Boge Setak’   

Please
asseblief   
Not Available   

Sorry
jammer   
Not Available   

Bye
Not Available   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

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
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
afrikaans   
santal   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
17th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic 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   
Santali   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
sat   

ISO 639 3
afr   
sat   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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

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Afrikaans and Santali Speaking population

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

Afrikaans and Santali Language Codes

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

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