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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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Chinese and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Afrikaans language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Afrikaans Language History.

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

Chinese vs Afrikaans Difficulty

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

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