About Italian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, The Italian language is the official language of Italy. It is spoken by 66,000,000 people and most of the native speakers are living in Italy. Italian is also the official language of San Marino and Vatican City. If this isn’t enough it is also spoken in Switzerland. The pronunciation and sound are quite similar to Latin and Spanish while grammar is similar to other romance languages. You will notice a lot of nouns, adjectives, and other indefinite articles in it. Italian features 27 pronouns while the plurals and verbs are very formal. There are a lot of dialects of Italian that are inspired by different languages. Judeo-Italian (Italkian) was a popular dialect traditionally but it is nearly extinct now.
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.
