Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3248
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1739
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
dobry dzień
Thank You
Dankie
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Jak vy ?
Good Night
goeie nag
Dabranač
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
dobry dzień
Good Morning
goeie more
Dobraj ranicy
Please
asseblief
Kali laska
Sorry
jammer
Vybačajcie
Bye
Totsiens
da pabačennia
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
-
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
-
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
7.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
afrikaans
biélorusse
German Name
Afrikaans
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Belarusians
Origin
17th Century
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Belarusian
Language Position
2379
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
bel
ISO 639 2/B
afr
bel
ISO 639 3
afr
bel
ISO 639 6
afrs
bel
Glottocode
afri1274
bela1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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