Slovene and Afrikaans
Countries
European Union, Slovenia
South Africa
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Lahko noč
goeie nag
Good Evening
Dober večer
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
goeie more
Bye
Nasvidenje
Not Available
I Love You
Ljubim te
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Resian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Italy
Not Available
Dialect 3
Styrian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Cape Dutch
French Name
slovène
afrikaans
German Name
Slowenisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Afrikaners
Origin
972-1093
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Slovene
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
slov1268
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
All Slovene 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 Slovene and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Slovene and Afrikaans Speaking population
Slovene and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene 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 Slovene and Afrikaans on Slovene vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovene and Afrikaans Language Codes
Slovene and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.