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Afrikaans Speaking Countries



Countries
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Countries
South Africa 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
South Africa 0

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa 0

Speaking Continents
Africa 0

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe 0

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee 0

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.
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Similar To
Dutch Language 0

Derived From
Dutch Language 0

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Afrikaans Countries

Afrikaans is one of the important languages. Afrikaans countries are the countries where Afrikaans is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Afrikaans countries are the countries where Afrikaans is main language. In Afrikaans countries, all the official documents are written in Afrikaans language. In Afrikaans speaking countries, various Afrikaans Dialects are spoken. Each Afrikaans dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Afrikaans speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Afrikaans Language.

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Afrikaans national language and Afrikaans as a Second Language

Afrikaans speaking countries include both countries with Afrikaans national language and Afrikaans as a second language. Check if Afrikaans language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

  • Afrikaans is national language of South Africa.

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

  • Afrikaans is second language of Namibia, South Africa.

The Afrikaans countries mentioned under Afrikaans Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Afrikaans language.

Afrikaans as minority language

Countries with Afrikaans as minority language are also included in Afrikaans speaking countries.

  • Afrikaans is spoken as minority language in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Along with Afrikaans speaking countries check out Afrikaans speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

  • Continent wise Afrikaans speaking countries mainly lie in Africa.

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Afrikaans Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Afrikaans language are Afrikaans regulators. Afrikaans is regulated by Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee. The regulatory bodies of Afrikaans lie in Afrikaans speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Afrikaans:

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The Afrikaans language is derived from Dutch Language and is closely related to Dutch Language.

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