Indonesian and Afrikaans Speaking countries

Indonesian and Afrikaans as Minority Language

In Indonesian and Afrikaans speaking countries you will get the countries which have Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Afrikaans dialects, then you can go to Indonesian vs Afrikaans Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Indonesian and Afrikaans Regulators

Indonesian and Afrikaans speaking countries provide you Indonesian and Afrikaans regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa regulates Indonesian language.Afrikaans is regulated by Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee. Also get to learn, Indonesian and Afrikaans Language History.

Indonesian and Afrikaans Continents

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

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

• The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
• In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

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 Indonesian language was derived from Malay and Dutch Languages and is similar to Malay language whereas Indonesian language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.