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
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
Not Available
au revoir
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Not Available
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
African French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Africa
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Namibia
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
français
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Français
French Name
afrikaans
français
German Name
Afrikaans
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Not Available
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
stan1290
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
Afrikaans and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and French language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs French Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.