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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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Russian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Afrikaans language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Afrikaans Language History.

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

Russian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Russian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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