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 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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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)
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?
19.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
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
Origin
17th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
-
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
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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