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Cantonese vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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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Cantonese and Afrikaans Language History

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

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

Cantonese vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Cantonese and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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