Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
South Africa
National Language
Germany
South Africa
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
gute Nacht
goeie nag
Good Evening
guten Abend
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Goeie middag
Good Morning
guten Morgen
goeie more
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Switzerland
-
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Germany
-
Dialect 3
Texas German
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Texas
Namibia
Native Name
Deutsch
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Cape Dutch
French Name
allemand
afrikaans
German Name
Deutsch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Germans
Afrikaners
Origin
6th Century AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
afri1274
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
All German 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 German and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of German and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Afrikaans Speaking population
German and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of German and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Afrikaans on German vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Afrikaans Language Codes
German and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.