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Afrikaans
Afrikaans

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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3222
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

150
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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!

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

37
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

19.00 million9.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.10 million4.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.30 million5.60 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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

Afrikaans and Hebrew Alphabets

Afrikaans and Hebrew Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Afrikaans and Hebrew. In Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters. To learn Afrikaans and Hebrew languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Afrikaans and Hebrew languages. The Afrikaans phonology consist Afrikaans vowels and Afrikaans consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Afrikaans greetings vs Hebrew greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Afrikaans and Hebrew are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Afrikaans and Hebrew Speaking population

Afrikaans and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. 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 Hebrew on Afrikaans vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Hebrew Language Codes

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