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Afrikaans vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
South Africa   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Namibia, South Africa   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
hallo   

Thank You
Merci   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
goeie more   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
asseblief   

Sorry
désolé   
jammer   

Bye
au revoir   
Not Available   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
français   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Français   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
français   
afrikaans   

German Name
Französisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
afr   

ISO 639 3
fra   
afr   

ISO 639 6
fras   
afrs   

Glottocode
stan1290   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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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French and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of French vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of French and Afrikaans language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Afrikaans Language History.

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

French vs Afrikaans Difficulty

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

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