1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Zulu language
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?
Hoe gaan dit
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Not Available
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kimaravi
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 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
afrikaans
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
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
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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