Home
Languagevs


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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

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
Totsiens  
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
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
-  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

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
0.03 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
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]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Indonesian  

Language Position
23  
21
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  
ind  

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  

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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 0.03 % 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.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages