Countries
Countries
South Africa
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Total No. Of Countries
132
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
France
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3226
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
hallo
bonjour
Thank You
Dankie
Merci
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
goeie nag
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Goeienaand
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
goeie more
Bonjour
Please
asseblief
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
jammer
désolé
Bye
Totsiens
au revoir
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Excuse Moi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Quebec French
Where They Speak
-
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
African French
Where They Speak
-
Africa
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00274,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Namibia
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
7.001,800,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million87.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
français
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Français
French Name
afrikaans
français
German Name
Afrikaans
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
French people
History
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard French
Language Position
2313
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
af
fr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
fra
ISO 639 2/B
afr
fre
ISO 639 3
afr
fra
ISO 639 6
afrs
fras
Glottocode
afri1274
stan1290
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-i
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic