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Afrikaans vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
South Africa  
India  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
11  
8

How Many Consonants
17  
7
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
Dankie  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
goeie nag  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
goeie more  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
asseblief  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
jammer  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Not Available  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
afrikaans  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
Not Available  
37  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
bho  

ISO 639 3
afr  
bho  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Bhojpuri language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Bhojpuri language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Bhojpuri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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