Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
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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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3248
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1736
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
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 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Ke aal aee
Thank You
Dankie
dhanwaad
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
goeie nag
shub ratri
Good Evening
Goeienaand
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
goeie more
su prabat
Please
asseblief
kripya
Sorry
jammer
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
Totsiens
changa ji pher
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
-
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kullu
Where They Speak
-
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Namibia
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
7.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million4.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million2.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
afrikaans
dogri
German Name
Afrikaans
Dogri
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Dogras
Origin
17th Century
1971
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
Dogri
Language Position
2332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
af
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
doi
ISO 639 2/B
afr
doi
ISO 639 3
afr
doi
ISO 639 6
afrs
doi
Glottocode
afri1274
indo1311
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
59-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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