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Afrikaans and Cebuano


Cebuano and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

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  

History

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  
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Afrikaans and Cebuano 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 Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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