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Overview:
There are 15 differences and 2 similarities between Afrikaans, Wu
Language Family and Writing System |
Writing System |
Latin |
Chinese |
Script(s) Used |
Afrikaans |
; ; W Y |
Family |
Indo-european |
Sino-tibetan |
Subgroup |
Germanic |
Chinese |
3 Letter Code |
Afr |
Wu |
|
Number of Speakers |
Number of Native speakers (millions) |
6.2 million |
77.2 million |
Native Speakers as % of World |
0.1 % |
1.7 % |
Total Number of Speakers (millions) |
15.2 million |
90 million |
Total Speakers as % of World |
0.2 % |
1.2 % |
Language Systems |
Noun declensions |
No |
None |
Sequence |
Svo (some Vso) |
Svo |
Tonal |
No |
Yes |
Agglutinative language |
No |
No |
Geographic Distribution |
Official language in |
No Country South Africa |
No Country South Africa |
Official Language of United Nations |
No |
No |
Countries Spoken In |
South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland |
China |
No. of Countries Spoken In |
8 |
1 |