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Marwari and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Rajastan, India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Gujarati Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
15   
12

How Many Consonants
32   
22
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
khammaghani   
hallo   

Thank You
dhanyavaad   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
shubh raatri   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Shubh Havar   
goeie more   

Please
kirpa   
asseblief   

Sorry
Maaf Karo   
jammer   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
maaf karo   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bagri   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dhundhari   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
22.00 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.21 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
14.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Marwari   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
marvari   
afrikaans   

German Name
Marwari   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
16   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Marwari   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
72   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
mwr   
afr   

ISO 639 3
mwr   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
raja1256   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Marwari and Afrikaans Speaking population

Marwari and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marwari and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Marwari and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 % 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 Marwari and Afrikaans on Marwari vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marwari and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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