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
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Namibia
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Not Available
Origin
17th Century
210 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
stan1288
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic