Countries
South Africa
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Galicia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3223
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1719
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Ola
Thank You
Dankie
Grazas
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Que tal estás?
Good Night
goeie nag
Boas noites
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Boa tarde
Good Morning
goeie more
Bos días
Please
asseblief
Por favor
Sorry
jammer
Síntoo!
Bye
Totsiens
Adeus
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ámote
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
-
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Central Galician
Where They Speak
-
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Namibia
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
7.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
Galego
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Galego, Gallego
French Name
afrikaans
galicien
German Name
Afrikaans
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Galician people
Origin
17th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Galician
Language Position
2346
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
glg
ISO 639 2/B
afr
glg
ISO 639 3
afr
glg
ISO 639 6
afrs
glg
Glottocode
afri1274
gali1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
-