Afrikaans and Sanskrit
Countries
South Africa
India
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
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Not present
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Namibia
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Second Language Speakers
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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
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
sans1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Sanskrit Speaking population
Afrikaans and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Afrikaans vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Sanskrit Language Codes
Afrikaans and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.