Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
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46
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National Language
South Africa
Russia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Hello
hallo
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Dankie
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
goeie nag
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
goeie more
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
asseblief
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
jammer
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Totsiens
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
извините(izvinite)