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Afrikaans vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs 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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Afrikaans and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Cebuano language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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Afrikaans and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Cebuano language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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