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Afrikaans vs 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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
10.30 million   
22

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   

History

Origin
210 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
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
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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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Spanish and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Afrikaans language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Afrikaans Language History.

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Spanish and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Afrikaans language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Spanish vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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