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South Africa
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South Africa
Namibia, South Africa
Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Dutch Language
Dutch Language
 
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
German and English Languages
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Afrikaans vs Dutch Countries

Comparing Afrikaans vs Dutch countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Afrikaans and Dutch languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is whereas total number of countries where Dutch is official language is

Find if Afrikaans and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Afrikaans and Dutch speaking countries will give you the presence of Afrikaans and Dutch languages in different countries. Along with Afrikaans vs Dutch countries, you can also compare Afrikaans vs Dutch.

Afrikaans and Dutch as Minority Language

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

  • Afrikaans as minority language: .
  • Dutch as minority language: .

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

Afrikaans and Dutch Regulators

Afrikaans and Dutch speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Dutch regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Afrikaans language.Dutch is regulated by . Also get to learn, Afrikaans vs Dutch.

Afrikaans and Dutch Continents

Thinking about Afrikaans and Dutch continents in which Afrikaans and Dutch speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Afrikaans and Dutch. Most of the Afrikaans speaking countries lie in . While Dutch speaking countries lie in . 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 Dutch languages:

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The Afrikaans language was derived from and is similar to whereas Afrikaans language is similar to and derived from .