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Cantonese and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
您好   
hallo   

Thank You
谢谢   
Dankie   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
晚安   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
早上好   
goeie more   

Please
请   
asseblief   

Sorry
遗憾   
jammer   

Bye
再见   
Not Available   

I Love You
我爱你   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
Not Available   
afrikaans   

German Name
Not Available   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
17th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
cant1236   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Cantonese and Afrikaans Speaking population

Cantonese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Cantonese and Afrikaans on Cantonese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Afrikaans Language Codes

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