Dutch and Xhosa Speaking countries

Dutch and Xhosa as Minority Language

In Dutch and Xhosa speaking countries you will get the countries which have Dutch and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects, then you can go to Dutch vs Xhosa Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Dutch and Xhosa Regulators

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

Dutch and Xhosa Continents

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

Xhosa Interesting Facts:

• 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.

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele and derived from Khoi-Khoi and San Languages.