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Chinese and Afrikaans Speaking countries

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
51
Bhojpuri Speaking Countries
0 46
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
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Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
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Dutch Language

Chinese vs Afrikaans Countries

Comparing Chinese vs Afrikaans countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Chinese and Afrikaans languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Chinese is official language is 5 whereas total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is 1

Find if Chinese and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Chinese and Afrikaans speaking countries will give you the presence of Chinese and Afrikaans languages in different countries. Along with Chinese vs Afrikaans countries, you can also compare Chinese vs Afrikaans.

Chinese and Afrikaans as Minority Language

In Chinese and Afrikaans speaking countries you will get the countries which have Chinese and Afrikaans as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.
  • Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

If you want to compare Chinese and Afrikaans dialects, then you can go to Chinese vs Afrikaans Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Chinese and Afrikaans Regulators

Chinese and Afrikaans speaking countries provide you Chinese and Afrikaans regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council regulates Chinese language.Afrikaans is regulated by Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee. Also get to learn, Chinese and Afrikaans Language History.

Chinese and Afrikaans Continents

Thinking about Chinese and Afrikaans continents in which Chinese and Afrikaans speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Chinese and Afrikaans. Most of the Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Afrikaans speaking countries lie in Africa. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Chinese and Afrikaans languages:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

  • 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.

Afrikaans 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.

The Chinese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Not Available whereas Chinese language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.