Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Come stai?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
buonanotte
goeie nag
Good Evening
buonasera
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Goeie middag
Good Morning
buongiorno
goeie more
Please
Per Favore
asseblief
Bye
arrivederci
Not Available
I Love You
Ti amo
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Scusami
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Lazio
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Italiano
Cape Dutch
French Name
italien
afrikaans
German Name
Italienisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Italians
Afrikaners
Origin
960 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Italian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
ital1282
afri1274
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
Italian 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 Italian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Afrikaans language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Italian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.