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Afrikaans and Maithili Speaking countries


Maithili and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

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Afrikaans and Maithili as Minority Language

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

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

Afrikaans and Maithili Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Maithili Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Maithili Interesting Facts:

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

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