Countries
South Africa
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
South Africa
Haiti
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cuba
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Dutch Language
French Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3229
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Bonjou
Thank You
Dankie
Mèsi
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
goeie nag
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
goeie more
Bon apre-midi
Please
asseblief
Souple
Sorry
jammer
Dezole
Bye
Totsiens
Babay
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
-
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
-
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Namibia
Cayes
How Many People Speak
7.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
afrikaans
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Afrikaans
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Haitians
Origin
17th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Haitian Creole
Language Position
2399
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
hat
ISO 639 2/B
afr
hat
ISO 639 3
afr
hat
ISO 639 6
afrs
hat
Glottocode
afri1274
hait1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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