Afrikaans and Indonesian Speaking countries
Countries
South Africa
  
Indonesia
  
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
  
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:
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Indonesian Interesting Facts:
- 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.
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.