Countries
South Africa
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
South Africa
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Dutch Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Come stai?
Good Night
goeie nag
buonanotte
Good Evening
Goeienaand
buonasera
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
goeie more
buongiorno
Please
asseblief
Per Favore
Bye
Not Available
arrivederci
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Scusami
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Not Available
Lazio
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Namibia
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Italiano
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Italiano
French Name
afrikaans
italien
German Name
Afrikaans
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Italians
Origin
17th Century
960 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Italian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
ital1282
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
Afrikaans and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Italian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Italian Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.