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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
Not Available
  
adiós
  
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
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
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
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 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
  
Not Available
  
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