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Afrikaans and Urdu Speaking countries


Urdu and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

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Afrikaans and Urdu as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Urdu speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Urdu 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.
  • Urdu as minority language: India.

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

Afrikaans and Urdu Regulators

Afrikaans and Urdu speaking countries provide you Afrikaans and Urdu regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee regulates Afrikaans language.Urdu is regulated by National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan. Also get to learn, Afrikaans and Urdu Language History.

Afrikaans and Urdu Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Urdu Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Arabic and Hindi Languages and derived from Ghaznavid Persian Language.

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