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Afrikaans and Gujarati


Gujarati and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
India   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
Dankie   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
goeie more   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
asseblief   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
jammer   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Not Available   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
afrikaans   
goudjrati   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
17th Century   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
guj   

ISO 639 3
afr   
guj   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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All Afrikaans and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Gujarati Speaking population

Afrikaans and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Afrikaans vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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