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Countries

Countries

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
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

461
0 46
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National Language

Spain
South Africa

Second Language

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
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

French Language
Dutch Language

Derived From

Latin
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2732
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

515
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2217
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
hallo

Thank You

Gracias
Dankie

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

Buenas Noches
goeie nag

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Goeie middag

Good Morning

Buenos Días
goeie more

Please

Por Favor
asseblief

Sorry

triste
jammer

Bye

adiós
Totsiens

I Love You

Te Quiero
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Mexico
-

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Cuba
-

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Namibia

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

213
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Cape Dutch

French Name

espagnol; castillan
afrikaans

German Name

Spanisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Afrikaners

History

Origin

210 BC
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

223
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
afr

ISO 639 2/B

spa
afr

ISO 639 3

spa
afr

ISO 639 6

spa
afrs

Glottocode

stan1288
afri1274

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic

Spanish and Afrikaans Alphabets

Spanish and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Afrikaans. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Spanish and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Afrikaans languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Spanish and Afrikaans Speaking population

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

Spanish and Afrikaans Language Codes

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