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Afrikaans and Amharic Speaking countries


Amharic and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
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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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
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Afrikaans and Amharic as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Amharic speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Amharic as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
  • Amharic as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

If you want to compare Afrikaans and Amharic dialects, then you can go to Afrikaans vs Amharic Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Afrikaans and Amharic Regulators

Afrikaans and Amharic speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Amharic regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Amharic is regulated by . Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Amharic Language History.

Afrikaans and Amharic Continents

Thinking about Afrikaans and Amharic continents in which Afrikaans and Amharic speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Afrikaans and Amharic. Most of the Afrikaans speaking countries lie in Africa. While Amharic speaking countries lie in Africa. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Afrikaans and Amharic languages:

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Amharic Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Tigrinya and Oromo Languages and derived from .

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