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Afrikaans and Kannada Speaking countries


Kannada and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

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.
  
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Telugu   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Sanskrit Language   

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Afrikaans and Kannada as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Kannada speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Kannada 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.
  • Kannada as minority language: Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana.

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

Afrikaans and Kannada Regulators

Afrikaans and Kannada speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Kannada regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Kannada is regulated by Various academies and the Government of Karnataka. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Kannada Language History.

Afrikaans and Kannada Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Kannada Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Telugu and derived from Sanskrit Language.

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