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
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 in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Quebec French
Where They Speak
-
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
African French
Where They Speak
-
Africa
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Namibia
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
Afrikaans
français
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Français
French Name
afrikaans
français
German Name
Afrikaans
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
French people
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
stan1290
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
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.