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Swedish and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
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   

History

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
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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