Countries
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1517
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1727
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Dankie
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
goeie nag
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
goeie more
Hach ch'i
Please
asseblief
مهربانی کر
Sorry
jammer
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Totsiens
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
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India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Poguli
Where They Speak
-
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Rambani
Where They Speak
Namibia
India
How Many People Speak
7.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
afrikaans
kashmiri
German Name
Afrikaans
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
17th Century
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Kashmiri
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
kas
ISO 639 2/B
afr
kas
ISO 639 3
afr
kas
ISO 639 6
afrs
kas
Glottocode
afri1274
kash1277
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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