Afrikaans and Slovene
Countries
South Africa
European Union, Slovenia
National Language
South Africa
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kako se imate?
Good Night
goeie nag
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Dober dan
Good Morning
goeie more
Dobro jutro
Bye
Not Available
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Resian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Italy
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Styrian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Slovenia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Not available
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
afrikaans
slovène
German Name
Afrikaans
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Slovenes
Origin
17th Century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Slovene
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
slov1268
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-f
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
All Afrikaans and Slovene 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 Slovene dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Slovene Speaking population
Afrikaans and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene 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 Slovene on Afrikaans vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Slovene Language Codes
Afrikaans and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.