Sanskrit and Afrikaans
Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
hallo
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
Dankie
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
goeie nag
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
Goeie middag
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
goeie more
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
asseblief
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
jammer
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
Not Available
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Not present
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cape Dutch
French Name
sanskrit
afrikaans
German Name
Sanskrit
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
Origin
2000 B.C.
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
sans1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sanskrit and Afrikaans Speaking population
Sanskrit and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Afrikaans on Sanskrit vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Afrikaans Language Codes
Sanskrit and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.