Countries
South Africa
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
South Africa
New Zealand
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3220
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1710
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Hello
Thank You
Dankie
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
goeie nag
Night pai
Good Evening
Goeienaand
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
goeie more
Morning pai
Please
asseblief
Tēnā
Sorry
jammer
Aroha mai
Bye
Totsiens
poroporoaki
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
-
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
-
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Namibia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
7.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
New Zealand Maori
French Name
afrikaans
maori
German Name
Afrikaans
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Māori people
Origin
17th Century
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Polynesian
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Maori
Language Position
2326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mri
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mao
ISO 639 3
afr
mri
ISO 639 6
afrs
mri
Glottocode
afri1274
maor1246
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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