Countries
Countries
South Africa
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3242
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1731
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
hallo
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Dankie
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
goeie nag
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
goeie more
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
asseblief
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
jammer
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Totsiens
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Baleswari
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Ganjami
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kosli
Where They Speak
Namibia
India
How Many People Speak
7.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
afrikaans
oriya
German Name
Afrikaans
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Odias
History
Origin
17th Century
3 BC
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
Standard Odia
Language Position
2332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
af
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
ori
ISO 639 2/B
afr
ori
ISO 639 3
afr
ori
ISO 639 6
afrs
ori
Glottocode
afri1274
macr1269
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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