Countries
South Africa
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Total No. Of Countries
17
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National Language
South Africa
Germany
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
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Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Albanian Languages