1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
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 spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Hindi and Urdu 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
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
Dankie
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Hach t'ochoktiya
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
jammer
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
3.10 Bye
Not Available
Khuda hāfiz
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kashtawari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Poguli
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Pogul and Paristan valleys
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
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 million5.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million5.42 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Kashmiris or koshur
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
12th Century
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Kashmiri
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
52-ACB-ba
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology