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Afrikaans vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
-  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
-  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
14.50 million  
35

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  

History

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
23  
21
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Afrikaans and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Cebuano language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Afrikaans and Cebuano Language History.

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Afrikaans and Cebuano 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 Afrikaans and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Cebuano language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Afrikaans and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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