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Afrikaans and Hausa Speaking countries


Hausa and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

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Afrikaans and Hausa as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Hausa speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Hausa 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.
  • Hausa as minority language: Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo.

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

Afrikaans and Hausa Regulators

Afrikaans and Hausa speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Hausa regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Hausa is not regulated. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Hausa Language History.

Afrikaans and Hausa Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Hausa Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Not Available and derived from Not Available.

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