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Afrikaans and Punjabi Speaking countries


Punjabi and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Sanskrit Language   

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Afrikaans and Punjabi as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Punjabi speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Punjabi 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.
  • Punjabi as minority language: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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

Afrikaans and Punjabi Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Punjabi Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Punjabi Interesting Facts:

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

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