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Afrikaans and Sindhi


Sindhi and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

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   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
42   
31

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
Dankie   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
goeie nag   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
asseblief   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
jammer   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
Not Available   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Upper Sindh   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Not Available   

French Name
afrikaans   
sindhi   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Sindhi   

Language Position
Not Available   
50   
37

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
snd   

ISO 639 3
afr   
snd   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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All Afrikaans and Sindhi 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 Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Sindhi Speaking population

Afrikaans and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Afrikaans vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Sindhi Language Codes

Afrikaans and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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