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
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
-
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
-
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Namibia
Native Name
slovenčina
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Cape Dutch
French Name
slovaque
afrikaans
German Name
Slowakisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[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
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
Slovak 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 Slovak and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Afrikaans language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Slovak vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.