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Slovak and Afrikaans Speaking countries


Afrikaans and Slovak Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Dutch Language   

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Slovak and Afrikaans as Minority Language

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

  • Slovak as minority language: Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine.
  • Afrikaans as minority language: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

Slovak and Afrikaans Regulators

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

Slovak and Afrikaans Continents

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

Slovak Interesting Facts:

Afrikaans Interesting Facts:

The Slovak language was derived from Czech-Slovak Language and is similar to Czech Language whereas Slovak language is similar to Dutch Language and derived from Dutch Language.

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