Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
South Africa
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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
Czech Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Dankie
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Dobrú noc
goeie nag
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
goeie more
Bye
Dovidenia
Not Available
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
slovenčina
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Cape Dutch
French Name
slovaque
afrikaans
German Name
Slowakisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Afrikaners
Origin
6th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
slov1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
All Slovak 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 Slovak and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Slovak and Afrikaans Speaking population
Slovak and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Slovak and Afrikaans on Slovak vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovak and Afrikaans Language Codes
Slovak and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.