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Nepali and Afrikaans Speaking countries


Afrikaans and Nepali Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
South Africa   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Dutch Language   

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Nepali and Afrikaans as Minority Language

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

  • Nepali as minority language: People's Republic of China.
  • Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

Nepali and Afrikaans Regulators

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

Nepali and Afrikaans Continents

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

Nepali Interesting Facts:

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

The Nepali language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Hindi whereas Nepali language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.

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