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Gujarati and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
-  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
15  
12

How Many Consonants
31  
21
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
hallo  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Dankie  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
goeie more  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
asseblief  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
jammer  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Totsiens  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
-  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
goudjrati  
afrikaans  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
15  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
afr  

ISO 639 3
guj  
afr  

ISO 639 6
guj  
afrs  

Glottocode
guja1252  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Afrikaans Speaking population

Gujarati and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Afrikaans on Gujarati vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Afrikaans Language Codes

Gujarati and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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