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Dzongkha and Afrikaans Speaking countries


Afrikaans and Dzongkha Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
South Africa  

Second Language
India  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Sikkimese Language  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Dutch Language  

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Dzongkha and Afrikaans as Minority Language

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

  • Dzongkha as minority language: India.
  • Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

Dzongkha and Afrikaans Regulators

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

Dzongkha and Afrikaans Continents

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

Dzongkha Interesting Facts:

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

The Dzongkha language was derived from Tibetan Language and is similar to Sikkimese Language whereas Dzongkha language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.

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