Countries
Countries
South Africa
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
South America
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1726
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
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
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
Dankie
Solpayki
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Allillanchu
Good Night
goeie nag
Allin tuta
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
goeie more
Wuynus diyas
Please
asseblief
jamuspa
Sorry
jammer
Pampachaykuway
Bye
Totsiens
bye
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Pampachaway
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Ancash
Where They Speak
-
Peru
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Huánuco
Where They Speak
-
Peru
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Yaru
Where They Speak
Namibia
Peru
How Many People Speak
7.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million8.90 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
afrikaans
quechua
German Name
Afrikaans
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Quechua
History
Origin
17th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Quechua
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
af
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
que
ISO 639 2/B
afr
que
ISO 639 3
afr
que
ISO 639 6
afrs
que
Glottocode
afri1274
quec1387
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative, Synthetic