Countries
South Africa
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
South Africa
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
goeie nag
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
goeie more
Dobré ráno
Bye
Not Available
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Not Available
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
afrikaans
slovaque
German Name
Afrikaans
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Slovaks
Origin
17th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Slovak
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
slov1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Slovak 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 Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Slovak Speaking population
Afrikaans and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak 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 Slovak on Afrikaans vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Slovak Language Codes
Afrikaans and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.