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    Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland (Hollandic dialect) spoken by the predominantly Dutch settlers and enslaved population of the Dutch Cape Colony, where … See more

    The name of the language comes directly from the Dutch word Afrikaansch (now spelled Afrikaans) meaning "African". It was previously referred to as "Cape Dutch"… See more

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    Afrikaans is also widely spoken in Namibia. Before … See more

    In Afrikaans grammar, there is no distinction between the infinitive and present forms of verbs, with the exception of the verbs 'to be' … See more

    Following early dialectal studies of Afrikaans, it was theorised that three main historical dialects probably existed after the Great Trek in the 1830s. These dialects are the … See more

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    The Afrikaans language arose in the Dutch Cape Colony, through a gradual divergence from European Dutch dialects, during the course of the 18th century. As early as the mid-18th century and as recently as the mid … See more

    Post-apartheid South Africa has seen a loss of preferential treatment by the government for Afrikaans, in terms of education, social… See more

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    • As phonemes, /iː/ and /uː/ occur only in the words spieël /spiːl/ 'mirror' and koeël /kuːl/ 'bullet', which … See more

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  8. Af·ri·kaans
    NOUN
    Afrikaans (noun)
    1. a language of southern Africa, derived from the form of Dutch brought to the Cape by Protestant settlers in the 17th century, and an official language of South Africa:
      "he writes in both Afrikaans and English"
    ADJECTIVE
    Afrikaans (adjective)
    1. relating to the language Afrikaans or to the Afrikaner people:
      "Benoni is an Afrikaans town" ·
      "the Afrikaans slang word kwaai" · "a lot of the people are Afrikaans"
    ORIGIN
    late 19th century: the name in Afrikaans, from Dutch, literally ‘African’.
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    For millions of people around the world, Afrikaans represents their identity, history, and culture. We’ve got some good news for you: Afrikaans is a relatively easy language. If you already speak Dutch, German, or English, many words and phrases will seem familiar.
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    Afrikaans, also known as the Cape Dutch, belongs to the west Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken by 6.9 million people as a first and by 10.3 million people as a second language in South Africa. Afrikaans is also spoken in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia.
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    Afrikaans is one of the worlds youngest languages and has around 8 million speakers. It is relatively easy for English speakers to acquire a working knowledge of Afrikaans due to its germanic origins. A working knowledge is of course different from having an appreciation of the subtleties and finer points.
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    Afrikaans is written with a standard Latin alphabet consisting of 26 letters. c, q, x, and z are used almost excusively in foreign words. Long vowels are represented by double letters, e.g., nee ‘no.’ The letter g represents a velar fricative [x] as in German pronunciation of Bach.
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