Countries
South Africa
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
National Language
South Africa
Sweden
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Finland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
tacka dig
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
hur mår du
Good Night
goeie nag
godnatt
Good Evening
Goeienaand
god kväll
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
goeie more
god morgon
Please
asseblief
vänligen
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Dialects
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Dialects
Where They Speak
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Georgia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Dialects
Where They Speak
Namibia
France
Native Name
Afrikaans
Svenska
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
afrikaans
suédois
German Name
Afrikaans
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
17th Century
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
swed1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans and Swedish 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 Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Swedish Speaking population
Afrikaans and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Afrikaans vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Swedish Language Codes
Afrikaans and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.