Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
Second Language
South Africa
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Dankie
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
goede Nacht
goeie nag
Good Evening
goedenavond
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Goeie middag
Good Morning
goedemorgen
goeie more
Please
alsjeblieft
asseblief
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
pardon
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Gronings
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Netherlands
-
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
-
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Namibia
Native Name
Nederlands
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Cape Dutch
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
afrikaans
German Name
Niederländisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Afrikaners
Origin
AD 450-500
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
afri1274
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
All Dutch and Afrikaans Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Afrikaans Speaking population
Dutch and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and Afrikaans on Dutch vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Afrikaans Language Codes
Dutch and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.