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Afrikaans and Indonesian


Indonesian and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Halo   

Thank You
Dankie   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
asseblief   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
jammer   
maaf   

Bye
Not Available   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
afrikaans   
indonésien   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
ind   

ISO 639 3
afr   
ind   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Afrikaans and Indonesian Speaking population

Afrikaans and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Afrikaans vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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