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Afrikaans and Xhosa Speaking countries


Xhosa and Afrikaans Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
South Africa   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

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

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

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Afrikaans and Xhosa as Minority Language

In Afrikaans and Xhosa speaking countries you will get the countries which have Afrikaans and Xhosa 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.
  • Xhosa as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho.

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

Afrikaans and Xhosa Regulators

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

Afrikaans and Xhosa Continents

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

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

Xhosa Interesting Facts:

The Afrikaans language was derived from Dutch Language and is similar to Dutch Language whereas Afrikaans language is similar to Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele and derived from Khoi-Khoi and San Languages.

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