Portuguese and Afrikaans Speaking countries

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Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Spanish and Galician Languages

Latin

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

Portuguese vs Afrikaans Countries

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

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

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

Portuguese and Afrikaans as Minority Language

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

Portuguese as minority language: .
Afrikaans as minority language: .

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

Portuguese and Afrikaans Regulators

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

Portuguese and Afrikaans Continents

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

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Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

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