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Afrikaans and Shona Speaking countries


Shona and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

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Afrikaans and Shona as Minority Language

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

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

Afrikaans and Shona Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Shona Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Shona Interesting Facts:

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

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