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Afrikaans vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
您好  

Thank You
Dankie  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
你好吗?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
晚安  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
下午好  

Good Morning
goeie more  
早上好  

Please
asseblief  
请  

Sorry
jammer  
遗憾  

Bye
Not Available  
再见  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
原谅我  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
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  

History

Origin
17th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan 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 Cantonese  

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

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  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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Afrikaans and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Cantonese language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Cantonese Language History.

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Afrikaans and Cantonese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Cantonese language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Cantonese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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