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Afrikaans and Oriya Speaking countries


Oriya and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Sanskrit Language  

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Afrikaans and Oriya as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Oriya speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Oriya 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.
  • Oriya as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

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

Afrikaans and Oriya Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Oriya Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Oriya Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Bengali and Assamese and derived from Sanskrit Language.

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