Countries
South Africa
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3246
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1738
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Ahoj
Thank You
Dankie
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
goeie nag
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
goeie more
Dobré ráno
Please
asseblief
Prosím
Sorry
jammer
Pardón!
Bye
Totsiens
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
-
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
-
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
7.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
afrikaans
slovaque
German Name
Afrikaans
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Slovaks
Origin
17th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Slovak
Language Position
2327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
slk
ISO 639 2/B
afr
slo
ISO 639 3
afr
slk
ISO 639 6
afrs
slk
Glottocode
afri1274
slov1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic