Countries
Japan
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Japan
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
goeie more
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
jammer
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
日本語
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
japonais
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1185
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Analytic
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Afrikaans language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Japanese vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.