1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Poland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Belarus, Gambia
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Poland
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Russian and Ukrainian
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Not Available
da pabačennia
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
JA liubliu ciabie
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
North-Eastern Belarusian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
North-East Belarus
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
South-Western Belarusian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
South-West Belarus
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Middle Belarusian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million9.63 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million5.89 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Afrikaans
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
18th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old East Slavic
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Belarusian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology