Countries
South Africa
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
South Africa
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
Thank you
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
How are you?
Good Night
goeie nag
Good Night
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
goeie more
Good Morning
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
I love you
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
American English
Where They Speak
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United States of America
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
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Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Namibia
United Kingdom
Native Name
Afrikaans
English
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
English
French Name
afrikaans
anglais
German Name
Afrikaans
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
English people
Origin
17th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
stan1293
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Afrikaans and English Speaking population
Afrikaans and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and English languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Afrikaans vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and English Language Codes
Afrikaans and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.