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
  
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 in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
English 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 English and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Afrikaans language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common English Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The English vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.