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How to pronounce afrikaans in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms taal
Type of dutch
Type Words
Synonyms afrikaner

Examples of afrikaans

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Afrikaans is the only Indo-European language known to have developed in Africa.
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Afrikaans is a language akin to the Germanic languages and in particular Dutch.
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Afrikaans was also a medium of instruction for schools in BophuthatswanaBantustan.
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Afrikaans is the language of the Afrikaners, many of them descendants of the Dutch.
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Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia.
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Afrikaans speakers are able to learn Dutch within a comparatively short time.
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Afrikaans koeksisters are twisted pastries, deep fried and heavily sweetened.
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Afrikaans has also been significantly influenced by South African English.
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Afrikaans has been influential in the development of South African English.
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  • An official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
  • Belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language; "an Afrikaans couple"; "Afrikaner support"
  • Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch.Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . ...
  • The Northern Cape dialect of Afrikaans is a theoretical, historical dialect of Afrikaans which may have existed prior to the Great Trek, and which may have influenced the language of the present-day Northern Cape region of South Africa.
  • Is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. It was originally the dialect that developed among Calvinist settlers who were predominantly from the Netherlands (though a few were from France, Portugal, Scotland, and various other countries as well), after they moved to the Cape ...
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