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Afrikaans Language



Countries
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Countries
South Africa 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
South Africa 0

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa 0

Speaking Continents
Africa 0

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe 0

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee 0

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.
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Similar To
Dutch Language 0

Derived From
Dutch Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
32 14

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
15 12

How Many Consonants
17 7

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks 6

Greetings
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Hello
hallo 0

Thank You
Dankie 0

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit 0

Good Night
goeie nag 0

Good Evening
Goeienaand 0

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag 0

Good Morning
goeie more 0

Please
asseblief 0

Sorry
jammer 0

Bye
Not Available 0

I Love You
Ek het jou lief 0

Excuse Me
Verskoon my 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans 0

Where They Speak
Not Available 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans 0

Where They Speak
Not Available 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans 0

Where They Speak
Namibia 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million 43

Speaking Population
Not Available 0

Native Speakers
7.10 million 58

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million 22

Native Name
Afrikaans 0

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch 0

French Name
afrikaans 0

German Name
Afrikaans 0

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns] 0

Ethnicity
Afrikaners 0

History
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Origin
17th Century 0

Language Family
Indo-European Family 0

Subgroup
Germanic 0

Branch
Western 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch 0

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans 0

Language Position
Not Available 0

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL) 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
af 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
afr 0

ISO 639 2/B
afr 0

ISO 639 3
afr 0

ISO 639 6
afrs 0

Glottocode
afri1274 0

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic 0

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Origin of Afrikaans language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Afrikaans language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Afrikaans language states that it was put to use in 17th Century. The history of Afrikaans language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Afrikaans Language History.The evolution of Afrikaans language began with early forms such as Cape dutch or kitchen dutch. Standard Afrikaans is the standard form of Afrikaans language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Afrikaans Language.

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Afrikaans population

Afrikaans population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Afrikaans language. Afrikaans language is spoken by 19.00 million people in the world. Most of the Afrikaans population lies in the Afrikaans Speaking Countries. Afrikaans language is spoken as first language by 7.10 million people and as second language by about 10.30 million people. Get to know Afrikaans speaking population in detail.

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Afrikaans writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Afrikaans writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Afrikaans language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Afrikaans language. Learn more about . 

Information about Afrikaans language

Check out all the information about Afrikaans language here. You may find it interesting to learn Afrikaans Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Afrikaans Speaking Countries, Afrikaans speaking continents and Afrikaans Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Afrikaans countries knowing common Afrikaans Greetings will help you in communicating with Afrikaans people.

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