Finnish and Afrikaans Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
South Africa
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
South Africa
Second Language
Estonia
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Finnish and Afrikaans as Minority Language
In Finnish and Afrikaans speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Afrikaans as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
- Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
If you want to compare Finnish and Afrikaans dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Afrikaans Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Afrikaans Regulators
Finnish and Afrikaans speaking countries provide you Finnish and Afrikaans regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Afrikaans is regulated by Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee. Also get to learn, Finnish and Afrikaans Language History.
Finnish and Afrikaans Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Afrikaans continents in which Finnish and Afrikaans speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Afrikaans. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. 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 Finnish and Afrikaans languages:
Finnish Interesting Facts:
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
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 Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.