Home
Languagevs


Afrikaans and Spanish


Spanish and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
South Africa  
Spain  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
hola  

Thank You
Dankie  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Buenos Días  

Please
asseblief  
Por Favor  

Sorry
jammer  
triste  

Bye
Totsiens  
adiós  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
-  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
-  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Español  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
afrikaans  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
23  
21
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
spa  

ISO 639 3
afr  
spa  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
spa  

Glottocode
afri1274  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Afrikaans and Spanish Speaking population

Afrikaans and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Afrikaans vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Spanish Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages