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Afrikaans and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
hallo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
goeie more   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
asseblief   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
jammer   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Русский   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
russe   
afrikaans   

German Name
Russisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
afr   

ISO 639 3
rus   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
russ1263   
afri1274   

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

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Russian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Russian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Afrikaans on Russian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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