Countries
South Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Ethiopia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Somali Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3234
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1724
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
akkam
Thank You
Dankie
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
goeie nag
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
goeie more
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
asseblief
Maaloo
Sorry
jammer
naa dhiisi
Bye
Totsiens
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Borana
Where They Speak
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Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Orma
Where They Speak
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Kenya
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Wata
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kenya
How Many People Speak
7.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
317
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
afrikaans
galla
German Name
Afrikaans
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Oromos
Origin
17th Century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Cushitic
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
2391
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
af
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
orm
ISO 639 2/B
afr
orm
ISO 639 3
afr
orm
ISO 639 6
afrs
orm
Glottocode
afri1274
nucl1736
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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