Countries
South Africa
  
South Africa
  
National Language
South Africa
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Molo
  
Please
asseblief
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Western
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
isiXhosa
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
All Afrikaans and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Xhosa Speaking population
Afrikaans and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Afrikaans vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Xhosa Language Codes
Afrikaans and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.