Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
South Africa
National Language
China, Taiwan
South Africa
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Dankie
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
goeie nag
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
goeie more
Please
请 (Qǐng)
asseblief
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Totsiens
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
-
Dialect 2
Wu
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
-
Dialect 3
Yue
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Namibia
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Cape Dutch
French Name
chinois
afrikaans
German Name
Chinesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Origin
1250 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
afri1274
Linguasphere
79-AAA
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Afrikaans Speaking population
Chinese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Afrikaans on Chinese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Afrikaans Language Codes
Chinese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.