Countries
South Africa
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
South Africa
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Armenian
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Dankie
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
goeie nag
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
goeie more
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
asseblief
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
jammer
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Totsiens
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
-
Greece
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Griko
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Namibia
Ukraine
Native Name
Afrikaans
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
afrikaans
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Afrikaans
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
17th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Hellenic
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
gree1276
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Greek Speaking population
Afrikaans and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Afrikaans vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Greek Language Codes
Afrikaans and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.