Afrikaans and Konkani Speaking countries

Afrikaans and Konkani as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Konkani speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Konkani as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

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

Afrikaans and Konkani Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Konkani Continents

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

Konkani Interesting Facts:

• Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
• Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.

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