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Countries

Countries

South Africa
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
France

Second Language

Namibia, South Africa
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Dutch Language
Italian Language

Derived From

Dutch Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3226
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

156
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
bonjour

Thank You

Dankie
Merci

How Are You?

Hoe gaan dit
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

goeie nag
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Goeienaand
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Goeie middag
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

goeie more
Bonjour

Please

asseblief
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

jammer
désolé

Bye

Totsiens
au revoir

I Love You

Ek het jou lief
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Verskoon my
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kaapse Afrikaans
Quebec French

Where They Speak

-
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Oranjeriverafrikaans
African French

Where They Speak

-
Africa

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Baster Afrikaans
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Namibia
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

7.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

19.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.10 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.30 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afrikaans
français

Alternative Names

Cape Dutch
Français

French Name

afrikaans
français

German Name

Afrikaans
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Afrikaners
French people

History

Origin

17th Century
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Romance

Branch

Western
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Standard Afrikaans
Standard French

Language Position

2313
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

af
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

afr
fra

ISO 639 2/B

afr
fre

ISO 639 3

afr
fra

ISO 639 6

afrs
fras

Glottocode

afri1274
stan1290

Linguasphere

52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic

Afrikaans and French Alphabets

Afrikaans and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Afrikaans and French. In Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Afrikaans and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Afrikaans and French languages. The Afrikaans phonology consist Afrikaans vowels and Afrikaans consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Afrikaans greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Afrikaans and French are Most Spoken Languages.

All Afrikaans and French Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and French dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Afrikaans and French Speaking population

Afrikaans and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and French languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Afrikaans vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and French Language Codes

Afrikaans and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.