1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Jammu and Kashmir, India
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
Not Available
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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Latin
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
kiyaan oo ji
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
jammer
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
3.10 Bye
Not Available
changa ji pher
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
gustakhi maaf
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Jaunsari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Himachal Pradesh, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA100,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kullu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA110,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Namibia
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA30,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million4.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
1.2.1 Native Name
1.2.2 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
1.2.3 French Name
1.2.4 German Name
1.3 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
1.4 Ethnicity
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No Early Forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
2.3.3 Language Position
2.4.2 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
2.5 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
3.5 Glottocode
3.6 Linguasphere
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology