Afrikaans and Norwegian
Countries
South Africa
Norway
National Language
South Africa
Norway
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
goeie nag
god natt
Good Evening
Goeienaand
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
goeie more
god morgen
Please
asseblief
Vær så snill
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
-
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Sognamål
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Namibia
Hallingdal, Valdres
Native Name
Afrikaans
Norsk
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Norsk
French Name
afrikaans
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Afrikaans
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Norwegians
Origin
17th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
afri1274
norw1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
All Afrikaans and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Norwegian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Afrikaans vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Norwegian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.