Afrikaans and Portuguese Speaking countries

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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

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Spanish and Galician Languages

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Afrikaans vs Portuguese Countries

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

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

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

Afrikaans and Portuguese as Minority Language

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

Afrikaans as minority language: .
Portuguese as minority language: .

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

Afrikaans and Portuguese Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Portuguese Continents

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

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