Afrikaans and Marwari
Countries
South Africa
Rajastan, India
National Language
South Africa
Rajastan, India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Dankie
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
goeie nag
shubh raatri
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
goeie more
Shubh Havar
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Jogi
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Bagri
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Namibia
India
Native Name
Afrikaans
Marwari
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
afrikaans
marvari
German Name
Afrikaans
Marwari
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Marwari or Marwadi
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Marwari
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
Glottocode
afri1274
raja1256
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans and Marwari 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 Marwari dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Marwari language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Marwari Dialects are spoken in different Marwari speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Marwari Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Marwari dialects include: Jogi , Bagri. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Marwari Speaking population
Afrikaans and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Afrikaans vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Marwari Language Codes
Afrikaans and Marwari language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Marwari Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.