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Afrikaans and English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

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   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
hallo   

Thank You
Thank you   
Dankie   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Good Night   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
goeie more   

Please
Please   
asseblief   

Sorry
Sorry   
jammer   

Bye
Bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
I love you   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
English   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
anglais   
afrikaans   

German Name
Englisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
afr   

ISO 639 3
eng   
afr   

ISO 639 6
engs   
afrs   

Glottocode
stan1293   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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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.

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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.

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