Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
hallo
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
asseblief
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
jammer
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
17th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Gujarati language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.