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Galician and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
15   
12

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
hallo   

Thank You
Grazas   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Boas noites   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Bos días   
goeie more   

Please
Por favor   
asseblief   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
jammer   

Bye
Adeus   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ámote   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Galego   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
galicien   
afrikaans   

German Name
Galicisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
afr   

ISO 639 3
glg   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
gali1258   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Galician and Afrikaans Speaking population

Galician and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Galician and Afrikaans on Galician vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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