How many people speak Dutch and Afrikaans?

Dutch vs Afrikaans Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Dutch and Afrikaans, you will get to compare Dutch vs Afrikaans speaking population. How many people speak Dutch and Afrikaans gives you the number of people speaking Dutch and Afrikaans in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Dutch language is 28.00 million and number of people speaking Afrikaans language is 19.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Dutch is 0.32 % and speaking population of Afrikaans is Not Available. For more detailed difference check out Dutch vs Afrikaans.

Dutch native speakers vs Afrikaans native speakers

How many people speak Dutch and Afrikaans languages tells about Dutch native speakers vs Afrikaans native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 22.00 million people speak Dutch as native language while 7.10 million people speak Afrikaans as native language. You can also go to Dutch vs Afrikaans Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Dutch and Afrikaans language. In some regions, Dutch and Afrikaans languages are used as second language. There are 6.00 million speakers who use Dutch as second language and 10.30 million speakers who use Afrikaans as second language.

Native Names of Dutch and Afrikaans

Native names are used in the Dutch and Afrikaans Speaking Countries. Both Dutch and Afrikaans languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Dutch and Afrikaans you will get to know the native names of Dutch and Afrikaans languages. The native name of Dutch is Nederlands and native name of Afrikaans is Afrikaans. The alternative names of Dutch and Afrikaans languages are as follows:

• Dutch alternative names are: Hollands, Nederlands
• Afrikaans alternative names are: Cape Dutch

The French name of Dutch is néerlandais; flamand whereas German name of Dutch is Niederländisch. The German name of Afrikaans is Afrikaans whereas French name of Afrikaans is néerlandais; flamand.