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Detailed comparison of Afrikaans and Japanese World Languages. Side by side look at similarities and differences for things like writing system, script(s) used, total number of speakers, noun declensions, no. of countries spoken in and more. Combined they

There are 15 differences and 2 similarities between Afrikaans, Japanese

Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin	vs	Japanese (four Scripts)
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Script(s) Used		Afrikaans	vs	(nihongo)
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Family		Indo-european	vs	Japonic
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Subgroup		Germanic	vs	Japanese
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3 Letter Code		Afr	vs	Jpn
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Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		6.2 million	vs	125 million
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Native Speakers as % of World		0.1 %	vs	2.7 %
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Total Number of Speakers (millions)		15.2 million	vs	130 million
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Total Speakers as % of World		0.2 %	vs	1.7 %
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Language Systems
Noun declensions		No	vs	None
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Sequence		Svo (some Vso)	vs	Sov
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Tonal		No	vs	No
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Agglutinative language		No	vs	Yes
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Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Japan Palau South Africa	vs	Japan Palau South Africa
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Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	No
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Countries Spoken In		South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland	vs	Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Palau
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No. of Countries Spoken In		8	vs	4
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