Afrikaans and Persian Speaking countries
Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
South Africa
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Arabic Language
Afrikaans and Persian as Minority Language
In Afrikaans and Persian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Persian 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.
- Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
If you want to compare Afrikaans and Persian dialects, then you can go to Afrikaans vs Persian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Afrikaans and Persian Regulators
Afrikaans and Persian speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Persian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Persian is regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Persian Language History.
Afrikaans and Persian Continents
Thinking about Afrikaans and Persian continents in which Afrikaans and Persian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Afrikaans and Persian. Most of the Afrikaans speaking countries lie in Africa. While Persian 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 Persian 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.
Persian Interesting Facts:
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.