Croatian and Afrikaans Speaking countries

Croatian

Afrikaans

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia

South Africa

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Austria

South Africa

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Namibia, South Africa

1.5 Speaking Continents

Europe

Africa

1.6 Minority Language

Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

1.7 Regulated By

Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics

Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

1.8 Interesting Facts

In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.

Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

1.9 Similar To

Serbain and Bosnian

Dutch Language

1.10 Derived From

Church Slavonic

Dutch Language

Croatian vs Afrikaans Countries

Comparing Croatian vs Afrikaans countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Croatian and Afrikaans languages.

Croatian Speaking Countries: Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia.
Afrikaans Speaking Countries: South Africa.

So we find that, total number of countries where Croatian is official language is 9 whereas total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is 1

Find if Croatian and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Croatian and Afrikaans speaking countries will give you the presence of Croatian and Afrikaans languages in different countries. Along with Croatian vs Afrikaans countries, you can also compare Croatian vs Afrikaans.

Croatian and Afrikaans as Minority Language

In Croatian and Afrikaans speaking countries you will get the countries which have Croatian and Afrikaans as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Croatian as minority language: Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania.
Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

Croatian and Afrikaans Regulators

Croatian and Afrikaans speaking countries provide you Croatian and Afrikaans regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics regulates Croatian language.Afrikaans is regulated by Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee. Also get to learn, Croatian and Afrikaans Language History.

Croatian and Afrikaans Continents

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

Croatian Interesting Facts:

In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.

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.

The Croatian language was derived from Church Slavonic and is similar to Serbain and Bosnian whereas Croatian language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.