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