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Hindi and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
15  
12

How Many Consonants
33  
23
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Dankie  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
goeie more  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
asseblief  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
jammer  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
Totsiens  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
-  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
hindi  
afrikaans  

German Name
Hindi  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
7th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
5  
5
23  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
afr  

ISO 639 3
hin  
afr  

ISO 639 6
hins  
afrs  

Glottocode
hind1269  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic  

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

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Hindi and Afrikaans Speaking population

Hindi and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Afrikaans on Hindi vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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