Countries
South Africa
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Latvia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3233
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
159
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1724
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Sveiki
Thank You
Dankie
Paldies
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
goeie nag
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Labdien
Good Morning
goeie more
Labrīt
Please
asseblief
lūdzu
Sorry
jammer
Piedodiet!
Bye
Totsiens
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Livonian
Where They Speak
-
Latvia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
-
Latvia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Namibia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
7.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Lettish
French Name
afrikaans
letton
German Name
Afrikaans
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Latvians or Letts
Origin
17th Century
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Baltic
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Latvian
Language Position
239
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
af
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
lav
ISO 639 2/B
afr
lav
ISO 639 3
afr
lav
ISO 639 6
afrs
lav
Glottocode
afri1274
latv1249
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic