Countries
West Java
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1617
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
hallo
Thank You
Nuhun
Dankie
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
goeie nag
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
goeie more
Please
Mangga
asseblief
Sorry
Hapunten
jammer
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Totsiens
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Punten
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Banten
-
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bogor
-
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bandung
Namibia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Cape Dutch
French Name
soundanais
afrikaans
German Name
Sundanesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Afrikaners
Origin
5th century AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
4223
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
afr
ISO 639 2/B
sun
afr
ISO 639 3
sun
afr
ISO 639 6
sun
afrs
Glottocode
sund1251
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic