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Afrikaans and Malaysian


Malaysian and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hai  

Thank You
Dankie  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Selamat pagi  

Please
asseblief  
sila  

Sorry
jammer  
maaf  

Bye
Totsiens  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
-  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
afrikaans  
malais  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
23  
21
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
may  

ISO 639 3
afr  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
may  

Glottocode
afri1274  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Afrikaans and Malaysian Speaking population

Afrikaans and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian 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 Malaysian on Afrikaans vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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