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Afrikaans and Igbo Speaking countries


Igbo and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

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Afrikaans and Igbo as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Igbo speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Igbo 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.
  • Igbo as minority language: Equatorial Guinea.

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

Afrikaans and Igbo Regulators

Afrikaans and Igbo speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Igbo regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Igbo is regulated by Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Igbo Language History.

Afrikaans and Igbo Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Igbo 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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