Afrikaans language
Afrikaans (ISO 639-3 code afr) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It has about 17,000,000 speakers.
Afrikaans dictionary: 10,577 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Afrikaans dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | afr |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | afri1274 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Speakers (estimate) | 17,000,000 |
Afrikaans words
- aanneem
- aansluit
- afhanklik
- afleiding
- alleen
- baan
- bas
- behandel
- bepaal
- besonder
- bestuur
- betrekking
- bietjie
- bok
- bot
- bron
- departement
- dood
- element
- fok
- hamer
- instrumentalis
- kant
- klas
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Bengali273,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
- Urdu232,000,000 speakers
- German135,000,000 speakers
- Punjabi130,000,000 speakers
- Marathi95,000,000 speakers
More about Afrikaans
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.