Countries
South Africa
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Czech Republic
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Institute of the Czech Language
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.
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3242
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1532
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1732
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ahoj
Thank You
Dankie
děkuji
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Jak se máš?
Good Night
goeie nag
dobrou noc
Good Evening
Goeienaand
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
goeie more
dobré ráno
Please
asseblief
prosím
Sorry
jammer
litovat
Bye
Totsiens
sbohem
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
promiňte
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Chod
Where They Speak
-
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Lach
Where They Speak
-
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Moravian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
7.00108,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
afrikaans
tchèque
German Name
Afrikaans
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Czechs
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Czech
Language Position
2373
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
ces
ISO 639 2/B
afr
cze
ISO 639 3
afr
ces
ISO 639 6
afrs
ces
Glottocode
afri1274
czec1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic