Countries
Countries
South Africa
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India, Nepal
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
158
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1722
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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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Greetings
Hello
hallo
pranam
Thank You
Dankie
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
goeie nag
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Goeienaand
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
goeie more
Suprabhaat
Please
asseblief
kripaya
Sorry
jammer
maf karai
Bye
Totsiens
Alavidā
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
kripaya
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
-
Nepal
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Madhubani
Where They Speak
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North India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Khortha
Where They Speak
Namibia
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
7.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
afrikaans
maithili
German Name
Afrikaans
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Maithil
History
Origin
17th Century
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Maithili
Language Position
2340
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mai
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mai
ISO 639 3
afr
mai
ISO 639 6
afrs
mai
Glottocode
afri1274
mait1250
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
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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