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Afrikaans and Serbian


Serbian and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
South Africa  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Dankie  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
asseblief  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
jammer  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Not Available  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Southeastern Serbia  

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Montenegrin  

French Name
afrikaans  
serbe  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Serbs  

History

Origin
17th Century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
srp  

ISO 639 3
afr  
srp  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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

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Afrikaans and Serbian Speaking population

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

Afrikaans and Serbian Language Codes

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

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