Countries
South Africa
Iran
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Iran
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Antartica
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Persian
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3245
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1740
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks25 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
hello
Thank You
Dankie
Thank you
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
how are you
Good Night
goeie nag
Good night
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Good evening
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Good afternoon
Good Morning
goeie more
Good morning
Please
asseblief
Please
Sorry
jammer
sorry
Bye
Totsiens
bye
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
i love you
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
excuse me
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Feyli lurish
Where They Speak
-
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Bakhtiari
Where They Speak
-
Iran
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Laki
Where They Speak
Namibia
Iran
How Many People Speak
7.001,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million0.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million0.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million89.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
nanme
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Lori, Luri, Luristani
French Name
afrikaans
louri
German Name
Afrikaans
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Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Lurs
Origin
17th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
gd
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
gd
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
af
12
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
lrc
ISO 639 2/B
afr
lrc
ISO 639 3
afr
12
ISO 639 6
afrs
lrc
Glottocode
afri1274
12
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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