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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
331
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2632
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
515
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2117
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
73
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
hallo
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
goeie more
3.8 Please
Please
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
jammer
3.10 Bye
Bye
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
I love you
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1883
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million19.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million7.10 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 million10.30 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
3NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic

English and Afrikaans Alphabets

English and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Afrikaans. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn English and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Afrikaans languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of English and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Afrikaans Speaking population

English and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of English and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Afrikaans on English vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Afrikaans Language Codes

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