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Afrikaans and Oriya


Oriya and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
11   
8

How Many Consonants
17   
7
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
Dankie   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
goeie more   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
asseblief   
Not Available   

Sorry
jammer   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
Not Available   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
afrikaans   
oriya   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Odias   

History

Origin
17th Century   
3 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
Not Available   
32   
26

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
ori   

ISO 639 3
afr   
ori   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
macr1269   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Afrikaans and Oriya Speaking population

Afrikaans and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Afrikaans vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Oriya Language Codes

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

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