1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
East Asia, European Union, South America
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
East Asia, European Union
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Akademio de Esperanto
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.
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Not Available
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
Kiel vi sanas?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
Bonan vesperon
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Bonan posttagmezon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Mi amas vin
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not present
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Not present
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not present
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
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 million2.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million0.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million2.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[espeˈranto]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
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
Proto-Esperanto
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Esperanto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signuno
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
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