Countries
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
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46
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National Language
South Africa
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Dutch Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Origin
17th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Dutch
Language Position
2348
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual