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Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
South Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
German and English Languages
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South Africa
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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
Dutch Language

Dutch vs Afrikaans Countries

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

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

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

Dutch and Afrikaans as Minority Language

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

  • Dutch as minority language: .
  • Afrikaans as minority language: .

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

Dutch and Afrikaans Regulators

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

Dutch and Afrikaans Continents

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

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