Norwegian and Afrikaans
Countries
Norway
South Africa
National Language
Norway
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
god natt
goeie nag
Good Evening
god kveld
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Goeie middag
Good Morning
god morgen
goeie more
Please
Vær så snill
asseblief
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
-
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Namibia
Native Name
Norsk
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Norsk
Cape Dutch
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
afrikaans
German Name
Nynorsk
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1300 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Western
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
norw1258
afri1274
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Norwegian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Afrikaans on Norwegian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Norwegian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.