Cantonese and Afrikaans
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
South Africa
National Language
China, Guangdong
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
Hoe gaan dit
Good Evening
晚上好
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
下午好
Goeie middag
Good Morning
早上好
goeie more
I Love You
我爱你
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
原谅我
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Namibia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Cape Dutch
French Name
cantonais
afrikaans
German Name
Kantonesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Afrikaners
Origin
17th century
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 3
No data available
afr
Glottocode
cant1236
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Cantonese and Afrikaans 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 Cantonese and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Afrikaans Speaking population
Cantonese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Cantonese and Afrikaans on Cantonese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Afrikaans Language Codes
Cantonese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.