Afrikaans and Cantonese
Countries
South Africa
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
South Africa
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Hawaii
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
你好吗？
Good Evening
Goeienaand
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
下午好
Good Morning
goeie more
早上好
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
我爱你
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
原谅我
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Not Available
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Namibia
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
afrikaans
Not Available
German Name
Afrikaans
Not Available
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Not Available
Origin
17th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
afr
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
afr
Not Available
ISO 639 3
afr
No data available
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
cant1236
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
All Afrikaans and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Cantonese Speaking population
Afrikaans and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Cantonese on Afrikaans vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Cantonese Language Codes
Afrikaans and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.