About Chinese (Traditional) Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Chinese traditional is spoken by the ethnic Han Chinese majority. This language is spoken by 16% of the world’s population. About 1.3 billion people speak Chinese traditional. Some people consider both Chinese simplified and traditional as two different languages. There is a variety of Chinese languages that is investigated historically. Currently, there are around 13 main regional groups from middle Chinese who speak Mandarin. It is followed by Min that is spoken by 75 million people Shanghainese while Yue is spoken by 68 million Cantonese. The traditional script of Chinese is written in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. The Chinese language consists of tens of thousands of characters. Traditional Chinese is a little more complex as compared to simplified. Some characteristics of simplified are merged with traditional to form the number of characters.
About Afrikaans Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Afrikaans is a West Germanic language. The language is widely spoken in South Africa, Namibia. It is also spoken in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe but it is a lesser spoken language in these countries. The Afrikaans language is also called Cape Dutch. It was developed by 17th-century Dutch. Afrikaans and English are the only languages that are the official languages of South Africa. Afrikaans is very similar to Dutch, but there are clear differences between the two. It differs from Standard Dutch and has a different sound system. Afrikaans was adopted in schools in 1914. It was also the official language in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1919. distinct Afrikaans literature also gained a lot of popularity in the 20th century. The translation of the Bible is also available in Afrikaans and it was first was published in 1933.
