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Finnish and Afrikaans Speaking countries

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
21
Bhojpuri Speaking Countries
0 46
1.3 National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Estonia
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language

Finnish vs Afrikaans Countries

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

So we find that, total number of countries where Finnish is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Afrikaans is official language is 1

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

Finnish and Afrikaans as Minority Language

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

  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
  • Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

Finnish and Afrikaans Regulators

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

Finnish and Afrikaans Continents

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

Finnish Interesting Facts:

  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

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 Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.