Finnish and Afrikaans
Countries
European Union, Finland
South Africa
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
South Africa
Second Language
Estonia
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian 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
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
hyvää yötä
goeie nag
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
goeie more
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Finland
-
Dialect 2
Rauma
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
-
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Namibia
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Suomi
Cape Dutch
French Name
finnois
afrikaans
German Name
Finnisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Afrikaners
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Germanic
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic
All Finnish 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 Finnish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Afrikaans Speaking population
Finnish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Afrikaans on Finnish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Afrikaans Language Codes
Finnish and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.