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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
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Albanian Languages