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Luri vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Luri


Countries

Countries
Iran  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
South Africa  

Second Language
-  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Antartica  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
-  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  
  • 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
Persian  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
40  
29
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks  
7
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hello  
hallo  

Thank You
Thank you  
Dankie  

How Are You?
how are you  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Good night  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Good evening  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Good morning  
goeie more  

Please
Please  
asseblief  

Sorry
sorry  
jammer  

Bye
bye  
Totsiens  

I Love You
i love you  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
excuse me  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Feyli lurish  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Bakhtiari  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Laki  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.00 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.00 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.00 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.00 million  
10
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
nanme  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
louri  
afrikaans  

German Name
-  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Lurs  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
19 BC  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
gd  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
gd  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

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

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
12  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lrc  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
lrc  
afr  

ISO 639 3
12  
afr  

ISO 639 6
lrc  
afrs  

Glottocode
12  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
12  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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Luri and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Luri vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Luri and Afrikaans language. History of Luri language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Luri and Afrikaans Language History.

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Luri 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 Luri and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Luri and Afrikaans language. Luri word for "Hello" is hello or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Luri Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Luri vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Luri vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Luri 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 Luri and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Luri and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Luri is 25 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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