1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Somalia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Somali Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
Nagayattii buli
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
goeie more
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Nagayattii!
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Orma
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
13,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
24.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology