Afrikaans Number to Words in JavaScript (af-ZA)

Use af-ZA when your application needs Afrikaans number words for South African invoicing, checkout flows, or legal documents that print totals in full words.

Locale codes: af-ZA · Numbering system: Short scale · Currency: Rand / Sent · Script: Latin

Install

npm install to-words

Basic Conversion

import { ToWords } from 'to-words';

const tw = new ToWords({ localeCode: 'af-ZA' });

tw.convert(100);
tw.convert(1000);
tw.convert(1000000);

Currency - Rand / Sent

tw.convert(1234.56, { currency: true });
tw.convert('500.00', { currency: true, includeZeroFractional: true });

Ordinal Numbers

tw.toOrdinal(1);
tw.toOrdinal(10);
tw.toOrdinal(100);

Locale Codes

Locale code	Country	Currency	Notes
af-ZA	South Africa	Rand / Sent	Standard Afrikaans number wording

Related

• Currency guide
• Ordinal guide
• All locales

FAQ

Q: Which locale code should I use for Afrikaans number-to-words output? Use af-ZA.

Q: Does to-words support Afrikaans ordinal words? Yes. af-ZA includes ordinal mappings so toOrdinal() works without any custom suffix logic.