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
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Hindi Language
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
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
asseblief
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
jammer
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
Not Available
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Pothohari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Saraiki
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Namibia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Afrikaans
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Availble
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
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Punjabi
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