Countries
South Africa
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Philippines
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Hoy
Thank You
Dankie
Salamat
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
goeie nag
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
goeie more
Maayong Buntag
Please
asseblief
Palihug
Sorry
jammer
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Totsiens
Babay
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Boholano
Where They Speak
-
Bohol
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
-
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
North Kana
Where They Speak
Namibia
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
7.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Visayan
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
afrikaans
cebuano
German Name
Afrikaans
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Cebuano people
Origin
17th Century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
2362
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
afr
ceb
ISO 639 3
afr
ceb
ISO 639 6
afrs
ceb
Glottocode
afri1274
cebu1242
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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