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Afrikaans and Malagasy Speaking countries


Malagasy and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

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.
  
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

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Afrikaans and Malagasy as Minority Language

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

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

Afrikaans and Malagasy Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Malagasy Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Malagasy Interesting Facts:

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

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