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Marwari and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Rajastan, India  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
-  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
15  
12

How Many Consonants
32  
22
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
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
khammaghani  
hallo  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
goeie more  

Please
kirpa  
asseblief  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
jammer  

Bye
bye  
Totsiens  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
India  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
Marwari  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
marvari  
afrikaans  

German Name
Marwari  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
16  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
72  
99+
23  
21

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

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
afr  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
afr  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
afrs  

Glottocode
raja1256  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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

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Marwari and Afrikaans Speaking population

Marwari and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marwari and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Marwari and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 % 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 Marwari and Afrikaans on Marwari vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marwari and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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