About Afrikaans Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Afrikaans is a West Germanic language. The language is widely spoken in South Africa, Namibia. It is also spoken in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe but it is a lesser spoken language in these countries. The Afrikaans language is also called Cape Dutch. It was developed by 17th-century Dutch. Afrikaans and English are the only languages that are the official languages of South Africa. Afrikaans is very similar to Dutch, but there are clear differences between the two. It differs from Standard Dutch and has a different sound system. Afrikaans was adopted in schools in 1914. It was also the official language in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1919. distinct Afrikaans literature also gained a lot of popularity in the 20th century. The translation of the Bible is also available in Afrikaans and it was first was published in 1933.
About Finnish Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Finnish is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch. It is spoken by the majority of the population in Finland. It is also spoken by ethnic Finns outside Finland. Finnish is the official language of Finland. In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli are official minority languages. Finnish, is spoken in the Norwegian county Troms of Finnmark and is spoken by a minority group of Finnish descent. Finnish uses suffixal affixation. The Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals, and verbs depending on their role in the sentence. Sentences are formed with the subject-verb-object word order and have extensive use of inflection. Word order variations have differences in information structure. The orthography is a Latin-script alphabet and it is derived from the alphabet. The Vowel length and consonant length in Finnish are distinguished, and there is a range of diphthongs in Finnish.
