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Dutch vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
hallo  

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  

Sorry
sorry  
jammer  

Bye
vaarwel  
Totsiens  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
-  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

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  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Germanic  

Branch
Western  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
48  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
afr  

ISO 639 3
nld  
afr  

ISO 639 6
nld  
afrs  

Glottocode
mode1257  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Dutch and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Afrikaans language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Afrikaans Language History.

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Dutch and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Afrikaans language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Dutch vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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