About Slovenian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Slovene is popularly known as Slovenian. It is a South Slavic language and is spoken by the Slovenes. The language is spoken by 2.5 million speakers worldwide. The majority of the people living in Slovenia speak Slovenian. It is one of the three official languages in the country. The language is part of the European Union and is one of the 24 official languages of the country. It is also one of the working languages in Slovenia. Slovene is an Indo-European language and it belongs to the Western subgroup of the South Slavic branch. The language is close to the Chakavian and has a Kajkavian dialect. Slovene has certain linguistic characteristics and is similar to the South Slavic languages. Slovenian has a lot of similarities with other Serbo-Croatian languages. It is different from other languages spoken in the country as it has a different vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Slovene has some similarities with West Slavic languages.
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.
