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Afrikaans and Galician


Galician and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
-  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
-  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
3.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
23  
21
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

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All Afrikaans and Galician 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 Afrikaans and Galician dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Galician language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Galician Dialects are spoken in different Galician speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Galician Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician , Central Galician. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Galician Speaking population

Afrikaans and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Afrikaans and Galician on Afrikaans vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Galician Language Codes

Afrikaans and Galician language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Galician Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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