Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Sweden
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
hallo
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
goeie more
  
Please
vänligen
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
jammer
  
Bye
hej då
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
Svenska
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
suédois
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
13th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
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
  
Swedish and Afrikaans Speaking population
Swedish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Afrikaans on Swedish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Afrikaans Language Codes
Swedish and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.