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Afrikaans vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Halo   

Thank You
Dankie   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
asseblief   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
jammer   
maaf   

Bye
Not Available   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
afrikaans   
indonésien   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
ind   

ISO 639 3
afr   
ind   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative   

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Afrikaans and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Indonesian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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Afrikaans and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Indonesian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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