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Afrikaans and Sundanese


Sundanese and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Indonesia  

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Madurese and Malay Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin, Sundanese  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
Dankie  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Wilujeng wengi  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Wilujeng siang  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Wilujeng énjing  

Please
asseblief  
Mangga  

Sorry
jammer  
Hapunten  

Bye
Totsiens  
Wilujeng angkat  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Punten  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
39.00 million  
22

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Basa Sunda  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Priangan, Sunda  

French Name
afrikaans  
soundanais  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  

History

Origin
17th Century  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Sundanese  

Language Position
23  
21
42  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
su  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
sun  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
sun  

ISO 639 3
afr  
sun  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
sun  

Glottocode
afri1274  
sund1251  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

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

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Afrikaans and Sundanese Speaking population

Afrikaans and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Afrikaans vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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