Countries
South Africa
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
United States of America
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
North America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Apache Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3236
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1734
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
Dankie
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
goeie nag
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
goeie more
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
asseblief
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
jammer
Nízhdził
Bye
Totsiens
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Navajo1
Where They Speak
-
Arizona
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Navajo2
Where They Speak
-
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Namibia
Utah
How Many People Speak
7.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Navaho
French Name
afrikaans
navaho
German Name
Afrikaans
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Navajo people
Origin
17th Century
1500 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Athapascan
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Navajo
Language Position
2329
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
nav
ISO 639 2/B
afr
nav
ISO 639 3
afr
nav
ISO 639 6
afrs
nav
Glottocode
afri1274
nava1243
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic