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Croatian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
25   
15
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
hallo   

Thank You
hvala   
Dankie   

How Are You?
kako si   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
laku noć   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
goeie more   

Please
molim   
asseblief   

Sorry
Oprostite   
jammer   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Not Available   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
hrvatski   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
croate   
afrikaans   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
9th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
afr   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
croa1245   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Croatian and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Croatian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Afrikaans on Croatian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Afrikaans Language Codes

Croatian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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