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Norwegian vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
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
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
hallo  

Thank You
takk  
Dankie  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
god natt  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
god morgen  
goeie more  

Please
Vær så snill  
asseblief  

Sorry
unnskyld  
jammer  

Bye
ha det  
Not Available  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Namibia  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.30 million  
22

Native Name
Norsk  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
afrikaans  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Afrikaans  

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
afr  

ISO 639 3
nor  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
norw1258  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic  

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Norwegian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Afrikaans language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Afrikaans Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

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

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