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Afrikaans and Spanish


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
46  
1
1  
14

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
22  
12
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

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
105,000,000.00  
6
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
-  

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

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Namibia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
10.30 million  
40

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
2  
2
23  
21

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  

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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.

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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.

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