Countries
South Africa
  
Philippines
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
asseblief
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Cebuano Speaking population
Afrikaans and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Afrikaans vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Cebuano Language Codes
Afrikaans and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.