Afrikaans and Slovak as Minority Language
In Afrikaans and Slovak speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Slovak 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.
- Slovak as minority language: Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine.
If you want to compare Afrikaans and Slovak dialects, then you can go to Afrikaans vs Slovak Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Afrikaans and Slovak Regulators
Afrikaans and Slovak speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Slovak regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Slovak is regulated by Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Slovak Language History.
Afrikaans and Slovak Continents
Thinking about Afrikaans and Slovak continents in which Afrikaans and Slovak speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Afrikaans and Slovak. Most of the Afrikaans speaking countries lie in Africa. While Slovak speaking countries lie in Europe. 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 Slovak 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.
Slovak Interesting Facts:
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Czech Language and derived from Czech-Slovak Language.