Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
159
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1741
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Dankie
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
goeie nag
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
goeie more
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
asseblief
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
jammer
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Totsiens
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Pothohari
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Saraiki
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Doabi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
7.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
afrikaans
pendjabi
German Name
Afrikaans
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Punjabis
Origin
17th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
af
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
pan
ISO 639 2/B
afr
pan
ISO 639 3
afr
pan
ISO 639 6
afrs
panj
Glottocode
afri1274
panj1256
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional