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Afrikaans and Tagalog Speaking countries


Tagalog and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Philippines   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

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Afrikaans and Tagalog as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Tagalog speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Tagalog 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.
  • Tagalog as minority language: Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom.

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

Afrikaans and Tagalog Regulators

Afrikaans and Tagalog speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Tagalog regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Tagalog is regulated by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Tagalog Language History.

Afrikaans and Tagalog Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Tagalog Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages and derived from Not Available.

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