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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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