Countries
Countries
South Africa
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3224
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
hallo
Habari
Thank You
Dankie
Asante
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Habari gani?
Good Night
goeie nag
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
goeie more
Habari za asubuhi
Please
asseblief
tafadhali
Sorry
jammer
pole
Bye
Not Available
bye
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Not Available
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million15.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
Not Available
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
afrikaans
swahili
German Name
Afrikaans
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
17th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Swahili
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
af
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
swa
ISO 639 2/B
afr
swa
ISO 639 3
afr
swa
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available