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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin
Script(s) Used		Afrikaans
Family		Indo-european	vs	46.3% World Languages have Indo-European	compare Indo-European World Languages
Subgroup		Germanic
3 Letter Code		Afr

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		6.2 (62.69 lower than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (6.2)
Native Speakers as % of World		0.1 (1.42 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (0.1)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		15.2 (98.63 lower than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (15.2)
Total Speakers as % of World		0.2 (1.32 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (0.2)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		No	vs	1.5% World Languages don't have Noun declensions
Sequence		Svo (some Vso)	vs	4.5% World Languages have SVO (some VSO)
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	vs	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		South Africa
Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland
No. of Countries Spoken In		8 (2.33 lower than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (8)

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