Xhosa and Dutch Speaking countries

Xhosa and Dutch as Minority Language

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

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

Xhosa and Dutch Regulators

Xhosa and Dutch speaking countries provide you Xhosa and Dutch regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Xhosa is not regulated.Dutch is regulated by Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union). Also get to learn, Xhosa and Dutch Language History.

Xhosa and Dutch Continents

Thinking about Xhosa and Dutch continents in which Xhosa and Dutch speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Xhosa and Dutch. Most of the Xhosa speaking countries lie in Africa. While Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. 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 Xhosa and Dutch languages:

Xhosa Interesting Facts:

• Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
• The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Dutch Interesting Facts:

• Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
• There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

The Xhosa language was derived from Khoi-Khoi and San Languages and is similar to Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele whereas Xhosa language is similar to German and English Languages and derived from Not Available.