Countries
South Africa
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Wales
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Dutch Language
English Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3229
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Helô
Thank You
Dankie
Diolch
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
goeie nag
Nos da
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
P'nawn da
Good Morning
goeie more
Bore da
Please
asseblief
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
jammer
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Totsiens
Hwyl
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
-
Argentina
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
-
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Namibia
Powys
How Many People Speak
7.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Cymraeg
French Name
afrikaans
gallois
German Name
Afrikaans
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Welsh people
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Celtic
Branch
Western
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Welsh
Language Position
2331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
cym
ISO 639 2/B
afr
wel
ISO 639 3
afr
cym
ISO 639 6
afrs
cym
Glottocode
afri1274
wels1247
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional