Afrikaans
Compare with other World Languages
Compare
| Afrikaans |
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World Languages |
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Language Family and Writing System |
| Writing System |
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Latin |
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| Script(s) Used |
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Afrikaans |
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| Family |
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Indo-european |
46.3% World Languages have Indo-European
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| Subgroup |
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Germanic |
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| 3 Letter Code |
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Afr |
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Number of Speakers |
| Number of Native speakers (millions) |
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| Native Speakers as % of World |
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| Total Number of Speakers (millions) |
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| Total Speakers as % of World |
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Language Systems |
| Noun declensions |
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No |
1.5% World Languages don't have Noun declensions |
| Sequence |
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Svo (some Vso) |
4.5% World Languages have SVO (some VSO) |
| Tonal |
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No |
80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal |
| Agglutinative language |
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No |
85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language |
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Geographic Distribution |
| Official language in |
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South Africa |
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| Official Language of United Nations |
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No |
89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations |
| Countries Spoken In |
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South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland |
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