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Japanese vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
14   
4
17   
7

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
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   

History

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
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Afrikaans language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Afrikaans Language History.

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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.

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