Countries
South Africa
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
South Africa
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Not Available
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Dankie
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
goeie nag
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
goeie more
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
asseblief
请 (Qǐng)
Bye
Not Available
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Wu
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Yue
Where They Speak
Namibia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Not Available
French Name
afrikaans
chinois
German Name
Afrikaans
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Origin
17th Century
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
sini1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Isolating
All Afrikaans and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Chinese Speaking population
Afrikaans and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Afrikaans vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Chinese Language Codes
Afrikaans and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.