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Definitions of afrikaans in various dictionaries:
noun - an official language of the Republic of South Africa
adj - belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language
A language that developed from 17th-century Dutch and is an official language of South Africa.
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| Also called the Taal, this language developed from the 17th century Dutch |
| This language was originally based on a form of Dutch called Hollands, but has words from Khoi & Zulu |
| This South African language has been called Cape Dutch |
| Johan from South Africa speaks English, but on the phone with his mom, he uses this laanguaage related to Dutch |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Soweto, South Africa.) Bringing Soweto to the world's attention, a march beginning here at Naledi High School was one of the dramatic moments in the 1976 protests against the forced teaching of this language |
| In 1976 Soweto, near Johnannesburg, was the site of protests against the forced use of this language |
| Words taken from this language include apartheid, trek & meerkat |
| In 1933 the Bible was first completely translated into this South African tongue |
| Trek |
| Also called Cape Dutch, it has constitutional recognition as a national language in Namibia |
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Afrikaans (UK: , US: ) is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland (Hollandic dialect) spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics in the course of the 18th century. Hence, it is a daughter language of Dutch, and was previously referred to as "Cape Dutch" (a term also used to refer collectively to the early Cape settlers) or "kitchen Dutch" (a derogatory term used to refer to Afrikaans in its earlier days). However, it is also variously described as a creole or as a partially creolised language. The term is ultimately derived from Dutch Afrikaans-Hollands meaning "African Dutch". It is the first language of most of the Afrikaners and Coloureds of Southern Africa. * Although Afrikaans has adopted words from other languages, including German and the Khoisan languages, an estimated 90 to |