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Slovak vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
15   
12

How Many Consonants
38   
27
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
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
Ahoj   
hallo   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
goeie more   

Please
Prosím   
asseblief   

Sorry
Pardón!   
jammer   

Bye
Dovidenia   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
slovenčina   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
slovaque   
afrikaans   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
6th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
afr   

ISO 639 3
slk   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
slov1269   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Slovak and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Afrikaans language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 Slovak and Afrikaans Language History.

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

Slovak vs Afrikaans Difficulty

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

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