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Afrikaans and Indonesian Speaking countries

1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Indonesia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
South Africa
Indonesia
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
East Timor, Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
1.8 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.
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Malay language
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Malay and Dutch Languages

Afrikaans vs Indonesian Countries

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

So we find that, total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Indonesian is official language is 1

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

Afrikaans and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Indonesian 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.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

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

Afrikaans and Indonesian Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Indonesian Continents

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

Afrikaans 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.

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

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