Countries
South Africa
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1736
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Dankie
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
goeie nag
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
goeie more
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
asseblief
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
jammer
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Totsiens
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Namibia
-
How Many People Speak
7.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
30
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
afrikaans
sanskrit
German Name
Afrikaans
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
17th Century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Sanskrit
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
san
ISO 639 2/B
afr
san
ISO 639 3
afr
san
ISO 639 6
afrs
san
Glottocode
afri1274
sans1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic