Afrikaans and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Afrikaans vs Sinhalese Countries

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

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

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

Afrikaans and Sinhalese as Minority Language

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

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

Afrikaans and Sinhalese Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Sinhalese Continents

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

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

• In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
• Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

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