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Afrikaans and Kirundi Speaking countries


Kirundi and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Burundi, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

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Afrikaans and Kirundi as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Kirundi speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Kirundi 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.
  • Kirundi as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

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

Afrikaans and Kirundi Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Kirundi Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Kirundi Interesting Facts:

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

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