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Afrikaans vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
15   
12

How Many Consonants
28   
18
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
hallo   

Thank You
شكرا   
Dankie   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
goeie more   

Please
من فضلك   
asseblief   

Sorry
آسف   
jammer   

Bye
وداعا   
Not Available   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
arabe   
afrikaans   

German Name
Arabisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
512 CE   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
afr   

ISO 639 3
ara   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
arab1395   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Arabic and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Afrikaans language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Arabic and Afrikaans Language History.

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

Arabic vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Arabic vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Arabic and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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