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Serbian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
25   
15
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
hallo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
goeie more   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
asseblief   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
jammer   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
serbe   
afrikaans   

German Name
Serbisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
11th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
afr   

ISO 639 3
srp   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
serb1264   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Afrikaans Speaking population

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

Serbian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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