Afrikaans and Japanese
Countries
South Africa
Japan
National Language
South Africa
Japan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Palau
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
hallo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Dankie
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
goeie nag
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
goeie more
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
asseblief
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
jammer
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Not Available
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hakata
Where They Speak
Not Available
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kansai
Where They Speak
Namibia
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
日本語
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Not Available
French Name
afrikaans
japonais
German Name
Afrikaans
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
nucl1643
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Japanese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Japanese Speaking population
Afrikaans and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Japanese on Afrikaans vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Japanese Language Codes
Afrikaans and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.