Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
NA
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
hallo
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Dankie
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
goeie nag
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
goeie more
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
asseblief
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
jammer
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Not Available
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Cape Dutch
French Name
goudjrati
afrikaans
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Afrikaners
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
guja1252
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Afrikaans Speaking population
Gujarati and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Afrikaans on Gujarati vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Afrikaans Language Codes
Gujarati and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.