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Afrikaans and Telugu


Telugu and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
South Africa   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

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.
  
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Tamil   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
19   
16

How Many Consonants
17   
7
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Telugu Script   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
Dankie   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

Good Morning
goeie more   
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   

Please
asseblief   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
jammer   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
Not Available   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Afrikaans   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   

French Name
afrikaans   
télougou   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
c. 575   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Telugu   

Language Position
Not Available   
15   
14

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
tel   

ISO 639 3
afr   
tel   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
telu1262   

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

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Afrikaans and Telugu Speaking population

Afrikaans and Telugu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Telugu languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Telugu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 %. 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 Telugu on Afrikaans vs Telugu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Telugu Language Codes

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

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