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Overview:
There are 12 differences and 5 similarities between Afrikaans, Hebrew
| Language Family and Writing System |
| Writing System |
| Latin |
Hebrew |
| Script(s) Used |
| Afrikaans |
(ivrit) / |
| Family |
| Indo-european |
Afro-asiatic |
| Subgroup |
| Germanic |
Semitic |
| 3 Letter Code |
| Afr |
Heb |
|
| Number of Speakers |
|
Number of Native speakers (millions) |
| 6.2 million |
6 million |
|
Native Speakers as % of World |
| 0.1 % |
0.1 % |
|
Total Number of Speakers (millions) |
| 15.2 million |
9 million |
|
Total Speakers as % of World |
| 0.2 % |
0.1 % |
| Language Systems |
| Noun declensions |
| No |
None |
| Sequence |
| Svo (some Vso) |
Vso |
| Tonal |
| No |
No |
| Agglutinative language |
| No |
No |
| Geographic Distribution |
| Official language in |
 Israel
 South Africa
|
Israel South Africa |
| Official Language of United Nations |
| No |
No |
| Countries Spoken In |
| South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland |
Israel, Palestine |
|
No. of Countries Spoken In |
| 8 |
2 |