Countries
South Africa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1736
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Dankie
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
goeie nag
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
goeie more
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
asseblief
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
jammer
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Totsiens
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
-
Kokan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Varhadi
Where They Speak
-
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
7.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
342
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
afrikaans
marathe
German Name
Afrikaans
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Marathi people
Origin
17th Century
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Marathi
Language Position
2317
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mar
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mar
ISO 639 3
afr
mar
ISO 639 6
afrs
mar
Glottocode
afri1274
mara1378
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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