Countries
South Africa
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Indonesia
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Halo
Thank You
Dankie
Nuhun
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
goeie nag
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
goeie more
Wilujeng énjing
Please
asseblief
Mangga
Sorry
jammer
Hapunten
Bye
Totsiens
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Punten
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Western dialect
Where They Speak
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Banten
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
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Bogor
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Namibia
Bandung
How Many People Speak
7.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
afrikaans
soundanais
German Name
Afrikaans
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
17th Century
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indonesian
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Sundanese
Language Position
2342
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
sun
ISO 639 2/B
afr
sun
ISO 639 3
afr
sun
ISO 639 6
afrs
sun
Glottocode
afri1274
sund1251
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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