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Afrikaans and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
South Africa   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
15   
12

How Many Consonants
23   
13
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
hallo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
goeie more   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
asseblief   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
jammer   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Not Available   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
chinois   
afrikaans   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
afr   

ISO 639 3
zho   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
sini1245   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic   

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

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Chinese and Afrikaans Speaking population

Chinese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Afrikaans on Chinese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Afrikaans Language Codes

Chinese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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