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Afrikaans vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
42   
31

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
Dankie   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
goeie nag   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
asseblief   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
jammer   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
Not Available   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Upper Sindh   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Not Available   

French Name
afrikaans   
sindhi   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Sindhi   

Language Position
Not Available   
50   
37

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
snd   

ISO 639 3
afr   
snd   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
sind1272   

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   

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Afrikaans and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Sindhi language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Afrikaans vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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