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Norwegian and Afrikaans Speaking countries


Afrikaans and Norwegian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Norway  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Dutch Language  

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Norwegian and Afrikaans as Minority Language

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

  • Norwegian as minority language: Nynorsk.
  • Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

Norwegian and Afrikaans Regulators

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

Norwegian and Afrikaans Continents

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

Norwegian Interesting Facts:

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

The Norwegian language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Swedish and Danish Languages whereas Norwegian language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.

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