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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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