Afrikaans and Urdu
Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
National Language
South Africa
Pakistan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
goeie nag
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
Goeienaand
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
goeie more
گڈ مارننگ
Please
asseblief
براہ مہربانی
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Dakhini
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hyderabadi Urdu
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Namibia
South Asia
Native Name
Afrikaans
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bihari
French Name
afrikaans
ourdou
German Name
Afrikaans
Urdu
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
17th Century
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
urdu1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
All Afrikaans and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Urdu Speaking population
Afrikaans and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Afrikaans vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Urdu Language Codes
Afrikaans and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.