Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.