Afrikaans and Gujarati as Minority Language
In Afrikaans and Gujarati speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Gujarati as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Gujarati as minority language: Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia.
If you want to compare Afrikaans and Gujarati dialects, then you can go to Afrikaans vs Gujarati Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Afrikaans and Gujarati Regulators
Afrikaans and Gujarati speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Gujarati regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Gujarati is regulated by NA. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Gujarati Language History.
Afrikaans and Gujarati Continents
Thinking about Afrikaans and Gujarati continents in which Afrikaans and Gujarati speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Afrikaans and Gujarati. Most of the Afrikaans speaking countries lie in Africa. While Gujarati speaking countries lie in Asia. 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 Afrikaans and Gujarati languages:
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.
Gujarati Interesting Facts:
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Bengali Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.