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It includes countries, which have Afrikaans and\/or Dutch as (one of) their nationwide official language(s), as well as dependent territories with Afrikaans and\/or Dutch as a co-official language.Worldwide, Afrikaans and Dutch as native or second language are spoken by approximately 46 million people. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages,[1][2][3] particularly in written form.[4][5][6] As an estimated 90 to 95% of Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately of Dutch origin,[7][8][9] there are few lexical differences between the two languages;[10] however, Afrikaans has a considerably more regular morphology, grammar, and spelling.[1][5]Table of ContentsAfrikaans or Dutch as official languages[edit]Dependent entities[edit]Kingdom of the Netherlands[edit]Belgium[edit]South Africa[edit]Other legal statuses[edit]International institutions[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Afrikaans or Dutch as official languages[edit]Afrikaans and\/or Dutch are the official language of five sovereign countries, which lie in the Americas, Africa and Europe. These countries are referred to as the Nederlands taalgebied (Dutch language area). The Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname are member states of the Dutch Language Union; South Africa refuses to become a member state although Afrikaans is integrated in the task statement of the Dutch Language Union.CountryPopulation2011[11]SpeakersNotesL1[12][13][14]L2[12][13][14]\u00a0Kingdom of the Netherlands  Dutch 17,116,00016,431,360 (96%)687,000 (4%)De facto national language\u00a0South Africa  Afrikaans 51,770,0006,860,000 (14%)10,300,000 (19%)De jure nationwide co-official language\u00a0Belgium  Dutch 11,303,0006,215,000 (55%)1,469,000 (13%)De jure nationwide co-official language (majority language in Flemish Region and minority in Brussels-Capital Region)\u00a0Suriname  Dutch 540,000325,000 (60%)215,000 (40%)De jure sole nationwide official language\u00a0Namibia  Afrikaans 2,113,000220,000 (10,4%)lingua francaRecognized national languageTotalc. 82,834,000c. 29,069,000c. 12,671,000+Dependent entities[edit]Afrikaans and\/or Dutch are co-official languages in several dependent entities. At certain administrative levels in the Kingdoms of the Netherlands and Belgium the Dutch language is a co-official language. The same happens with Afrikaans in South Africa.Kingdom of the Netherlands[edit]In the Kingdom of the Netherlands Dutch is the only language that has an official status in all spheres of administration. At the federal level, in most provinces and municipalities Dutch is the sole administrative language. However, in some constituent countries, a province and some municipalities Dutch is a co-official language, together with West Frisian, Papiamento or English.Belgium[edit]At the federal level Dutch, French and German are co-official languages. In the Flanders Region Dutch is the sole official language. In Brussels-Capital Region Dutch and French are co-official languages. In the Wallonia Region French and German are co-official languages, but in four municipalities with language facilities limited government services are also available in Dutch.South Africa[edit]Between 1910 and 1961 Dutch was a co-official language of South Africa, together with English. In 1961 Dutch was replaced by Afrikaans as a co-official language. However, between 1925 and 1984 Dutch and Afrikaans were seen as two varieties of the same language by the Official Languages of the Union Act, 1925 and later article 119 of the South African Constitution of 1961. After a short period (1984-1994) where Afrikaans and English were the two co-official languages of South Africa, Afrikaans has been one of eleven official languages since 1994.Since 2012 a new language policy has been implemented where working languages of all government institutions were established. Every government institution is required to establish three working languages out of the eleven official languages. Provinces and municipalities are obligated to take into account the local language demographics before establishing three working languages.RegionStatus of the regionStatus of the languageWestern Cape (Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap)provinceAfrikaans is a co-official language, together with English and XhosaCity of Cape Town (Afrikaans: Stad Kaapstad)municipalityAfrikaans is a co-official language, together with English and Xhosa. Afrikaans is the mother tongue of half of the populationNorthern Cape (Afrikaans: Noord-Kaap)provinceAfrikaans is a co-official language, together with Tswhana, Xhosa and English. Afrikaans is the mother tongue of the majority of the populationOther legal statuses[edit]Dutch is not an official language in Indonesia, but the language is widely used in Indonesia as a source language after a 350-year colonial period. Certainly in law, Dutch has some official status as many colonial laws are available in Dutch only.Although Dutch is the native language of people in French Flanders, Dutch is not an official language in France or French Flanders.International institutions[edit]Afrikaans and\/or Dutch are an official languages of the following international institutions:See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b Holm, Jdohn A. (1989). Pidgins and Creoles: References survey. Cambridge University Press. p.\u00a0338. ISBN\u00a09780521359405. Retrieved 2010-05-19.^ Baker, Colin; Prys Jones, Sylvia (1997). Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education. Multilingual Matters Ltd. p.\u00a0302. ISBN\u00a09781853593628. Retrieved 2010-05-19.^ Egil Breivik, Leiv; H\u00e5kon Jahr, Ernst (1987). Language change: contributions to the study of its causes. Walter de Gruyter. p.\u00a0232. ISBN\u00a09783110119954. Retrieved 2010-05-19.^ Sebba, Mark (2007). Spelling and society: the culture and politics of orthography around the world. Cambridge University Press. ISBN\u00a09781139462020. Retrieved 2010-05-19.^ a b Sebba, Mark (1997). Contact languages: pidgins and creoles. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN\u00a09780312175719. Retrieved 2010-05-19.^ Gooskens, Charlotte (2007). “The Contribution of Linguistic Factors to the Intelligibility of Closely Related Languages” (PDF). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Volume 28, Issue 6 November 2007. University of Groningen. pp.\u00a0445\u2013467. Retrieved 2010-05-19.^ Mesthrie, Rajend (1995). Language and Social History: Studies in South African Sociolinguistics. New Africa Books. p.\u00a0214. ISBN\u00a09780864862808. Retrieved 2008-08-23.^ Brachin, Pierre; Vincent, Paul (1985). The Dutch Language: A Survey. Brill Archive. p.\u00a0132. ISBN\u00a09004075933. Retrieved 2008-11-03.^ Mesthrie, Rajend (2002). Language in South Africa. Cambridge University Press. p.\u00a0205. ISBN\u00a09780521791052. Retrieved 2010-05-18.^ Sebba 1997, p.\u00a0161^ See: List of countries and dependencies by population^ a b Eurobarometer 2012 – Annex^ a b “Afrikaans”. Ethnologue.^ a b “Dutch”. Ethnologue.^ R\u00e9vision portant sur le trait\u00e9 de 1958(2008)       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/list-of-countries-and-territories-where-afrikaans-or-dutch-are-official-languages\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages"}}]}]