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Afrikaans and Persian Speaking countries

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Countries

South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

13
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National Language

South Africa
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Namibia, South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

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.
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

Similar To

Dutch Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Dutch Language
Arabic Language

Afrikaans vs Persian Countries

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

So we find that, total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Persian is official language is 3

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

Afrikaans and Persian as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Persian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Persian 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.
  • Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

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

Afrikaans and Persian Regulators

Afrikaans and Persian speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Persian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Persian is regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Persian Language History.

Afrikaans and Persian Continents

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

Persian Interesting Facts:

  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.