Countries
South Africa
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1732
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
sannu
Thank You
Dankie
gode ku
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
yaya dai
Good Night
goeie nag
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Goeienaand
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
barka da rana
Good Morning
goeie more
mai kyau safe
Please
asseblief
Don Allah
Sorry
jammer
yi hakuri
Bye
Totsiens
sai anjima
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Gaananci
Where They Speak
-
Ghana
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
-
Niger
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Namibia
Niger
How Many People Speak
7.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
afrikaans
haoussa
German Name
Afrikaans
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
17th Century
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Chadic
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Hausa
Language Position
2334
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
hau
ISO 639 2/B
afr
hau
ISO 639 3
afr
hau
ISO 639 6
afrs
hau
Glottocode
afri1274
haus1257
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional