Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
South Africa
National Language
Russia
South Africa
Second Language
Afganistan
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
hallo
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Dankie
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
goeie more
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
asseblief
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
jammer
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Totsiens
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
-
Dialect 2
Olonets
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Olonets
-
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Namibia
Native Name
Русский
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Russki
Cape Dutch
French Name
russe
afrikaans
German Name
Russisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Russians
Afrikaners
Origin
1000 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
All Russian 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 Russian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Russian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Afrikaans on Russian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Russian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.