Countries
South Africa
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Israel
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Poland
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3222
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
150
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1722
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Dankie
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
goeie nag
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
goeie more
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
asseblief
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
jammer
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Totsiens
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
-
Israel
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
-
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Namibia
Israel
How Many People Speak
7.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
37
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
afrikaans
hébreu
German Name
Afrikaans
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
17th Century
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Western
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
heb
ISO 639 2/B
afr
heb
ISO 639 3
afr
heb
ISO 639 6
afrs
heb
Glottocode
afri1274
hebr1246
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic