Countries
South Africa
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
South Africa
Germany
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
goeie nag
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Goeienaand
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
guten Tag
Good Morning
goeie more
guten Morgen
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Not Available
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Not Available
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Texas German
Where They Speak
Namibia
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
afrikaans
allemand
German Name
Afrikaans
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Germans
Origin
17th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Afrikaans and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and German Speaking population
Afrikaans and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and German languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Afrikaans vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and German Language Codes
Afrikaans and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.