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Afrikaans and Malaysian Speaking countries

1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
13
Bhojpuri Speaking Countries
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Malaysia
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Thailand
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
1.8 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.
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Indonesian Language
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Tamil Language

Afrikaans vs Malaysian Countries

Comparing Afrikaans vs Malaysian countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Afrikaans and Malaysian languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Malaysian is official language is 3

Find if Afrikaans and Malaysian are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Afrikaans and Malaysian speaking countries will give you the presence of Afrikaans and Malaysian languages in different countries. Along with Afrikaans vs Malaysian countries, you can also compare Afrikaans vs Malaysian.

Afrikaans and Malaysian as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Malaysian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Malaysian 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.
  • Malaysian as minority language: Thailand.

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

Afrikaans and Malaysian Regulators

Afrikaans and Malaysian speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Malaysian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Malaysian is regulated by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Malaysian Language History.

Afrikaans and Malaysian Continents

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

Malaysian Interesting Facts:

  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Indonesian Language and derived from Tamil Language.