Dutch and Shona Speaking countries

Dutch and Shona as Minority Language

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

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

Dutch and Shona Regulators

Dutch and Shona speaking countries provide you Dutch and Shona regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Shona is not regulated. Also get to learn, Dutch and Shona Language History.

Dutch and Shona Continents

Thinking about Dutch and Shona continents in which Dutch and Shona speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and Shona. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. While Shona 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 Dutch and Shona languages:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

• Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
• There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Shona Interesting Facts:

• Shona language is tonal language.
• The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Kalanga and Nambya Language and derived from Not Available.