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Slovene and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
Hvala  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
goeie more  

Please
Prosim  
asseblief  

Sorry
Oprostite  
jammer  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Totsiens  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
-  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Resian  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Italy  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
Slovenščina  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
slovène  
afrikaans  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
972-1093  
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
Slovene  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
28  
26
23  
21

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
afr  

ISO 639 3
slv  
afr  

ISO 639 6
slv  
afrs  

Glottocode
slov1268  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic  

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

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Slovene and Afrikaans Speaking population

Slovene and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 % 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 Slovene and Afrikaans on Slovene vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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