Dutch and Afrikaans Speaking countries

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.

If you want to compare Dutch and Afrikaans dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs Afrikaans Dialects. 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. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Afrikaans is regulated by Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee. Also get to learn, Dutch and Afrikaans Language History.

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 Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While Afrikaans speaking countries lie in Africa. 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:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

• 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.

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.

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.