Countries
South Africa
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
158
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Silaw
Thank You
Dankie
Sipas
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
goeie nag
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
goeie more
Bayanit bash
Please
asseblief
Bê zehmet
Sorry
jammer
Bibûre
Bye
Totsiens
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
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northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
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Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Namibia
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
7.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
afrikaans
kurde
German Name
Afrikaans
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Kurds
Origin
17th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Kurdish
Language Position
2314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
af
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
kur
ISO 639 2/B
afr
kur
ISO 639 3
afr
kur
ISO 639 6
afrs
kur
Glottocode
afri1274
kurd1259
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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