Afrikaans

ISO 639-3: afrLiving3 writing systems

Afrikaans is a language catalogued in the ISO 639-3 standard (code: afr). Scripts with multiple-source attestation are Arabic (ISO 15924: Arab) and Latin (ISO 15924: Latn). Braille notation is also recorded through multiple-source attestation.

Writing Systems

Source agreement does not establish current usage, official status, dates or region. Evidence definitions and sources.

Arabic
Abjad
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: ArabFamily: Semitic / AramaicOrigin: Middle EastLiving
Latin
Alphabet
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: LatnFamily: LatinOrigin: Mediterranean / EuropeLiving
Braille
Notation / Other
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: Brai

Cached CLDR Character Repertoires

Main charactersLatin

aáâbcdeéèêëfghiîïjklmnoôöpqrstuûvwxyz

Auxiliary characters

àåäãæçíìóòúùüý

Character repertoire: CLDR 48.0.0, locale af, Unicode Licence v3. Preview capped at 192 entries, not a complete ordered alphabet. Explore Afrikaans in Latin: full source, limitations, fonts and keyboards.

Other languages written in Arabic

Afrikaans shares an attested relationship with the Arabic script (ISO 15924: Arab) — with these languages:

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