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Afrikaans and Bhojpuri

Countries

Countries

South Africa
India, No official status

Total No. Of Countries

10
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
India

Second Language

Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Regulated By

Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.

Similar To

Dutch Language
Maithili and Magahi

Derived From

Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3243
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1511
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1734
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
प्रणाम (prannam)

Thank You

Dankie
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)

How Are You?

Hoe gaan dit
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)

Good Night

goeie nag
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Evening

Goeienaand
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Afternoon

Goeie middag
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Morning

goeie more
राम राम (raam raam)

Please

asseblief
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)

Sorry

jammer
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Bye

Totsiens
प्रणाम (prannam)

I Love You

Ek het jou lief
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)

Excuse Me

Verskoon my
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kaapse Afrikaans
Caribbean Hindustani

Where They Speak

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Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.0016,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Oranjeriverafrikaans
Fiji Hindi

Where They Speak

-
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.00380,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Baster Afrikaans
Tharu Bhojpuri

Where They Speak

Namibia
India

How Many People Speak

7.0038,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

313
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

19.00 million40.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.10 million40.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.30 million38.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afrikaans
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)

Alternative Names

Cape Dutch
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas

French Name

afrikaans
bhojpuri

German Name

Afrikaans
Bhojpuri

Pronunciation

[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/

Ethnicity

Afrikaners
Bhojpuri speakers

History

Origin

17th Century
19th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Afrikaans
Bhojpuri

Language Position

2337
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Bhojpuri Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

af
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

afr
bho

ISO 639 2/B

afr
bho

ISO 639 3

afr
bho

ISO 639 6

afrs
bho

Glottocode

afri1274
bhoj1246

Linguasphere

52-ACB-ba
59-AAF-sa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
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Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Alphabets

Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Afrikaans and Bhojpuri. In Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters. To learn Afrikaans and Bhojpuri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Afrikaans and Bhojpuri languages. The Afrikaans phonology consist Afrikaans vowels and Afrikaans consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Afrikaans greetings vs Bhojpuri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Afrikaans and Bhojpuri are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Afrikaans and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Afrikaans and Bhojpuri on Afrikaans vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Language Codes

Afrikaans and Bhojpuri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Bhojpuri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.