Countries
South Africa
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
South Africa
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Not Available
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
Thank you
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
How are you?
Good Night
goeie nag
Good Night
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
goeie more
Good Morning
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
I love you
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
American English
Where They Speak
Not Available
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Not Available
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Namibia
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
English
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Not Available
French Name
afrikaans
anglais
German Name
Afrikaans
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Not Available
Origin
17th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
stan1293
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Afrikaans and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and English language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs English Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.