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Afrikaans and Indonesian Speaking countries


Indonesian and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

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Afrikaans and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Indonesian 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.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

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

Afrikaans and Indonesian Regulators

Afrikaans and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Indonesian Language History.

Afrikaans and Indonesian Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.

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