Afrikaans

E5797

West Germanic language natural language

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia, originating from 17th-century Dutch and influenced by various African and Asian languages.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Afrikaans canonical	125
Afrikaans language	4
Afrikaans literature	2
Standard Afrikaans	2
Afrikaans Wikinews	1
Afrikaans in Namibia	1
Eastern Border Afrikaans	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Dutch ⓘ Flemish ⓘ
developedFrom	Dutch ⓘ
developedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
developedInRegion	Cape Colony ⓘ
hasDialect	Cape Afrikaans ⓘ Afrikaans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Border Afrikaans Orange River Afrikaans ⓘ
hasFeature	double negation in standard usage ⓘ simplified verb conjugation ⓘ
hasGrammarType	analytic language ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	af ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code	afr ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	afr ⓘ
hasNativeName	Afrikaans ⓘ
hasStandardForm	Afrikaans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Afrikaans
influencedBy	Bantu languages ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Khoisan languages ⓘ Malay ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
languageBranch	West Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
officialStatusIn	Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
originatesFrom	17th-century Dutch ⓘ
primaryCountry	Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
recognizedAsDistinctLanguageFrom	Dutch ⓘ
regulatingBody	Taalkommissie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns ⓘ
spokenIn	Australia ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Zimbabwe ⓘ
subclassOf	Germanic language ⓘ Indo-European language ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup	Afrikaners ⓘ Coloureds in South Africa ⓘ
usedInDomain	education in South Africa ⓘ literature ⓘ media in South Africa ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (136)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afrikaners → language → Afrikaans ⓘ

Afrikaners → culturalSymbol → Afrikaans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrikaans language

South African English → hasInfluenceFrom → Afrikaans ⓘ

Dutch → closelyRelatedTo → Afrikaans ⓘ

Dutch → ancestorOf → Afrikaans ⓘ

South Africa → officialLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Afrikaans → hasStandardForm → Afrikaans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Afrikaans

Afrikaans → hasDialect → Afrikaans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Border Afrikaans

N. P. van Wyk Louw → influenced → Afrikaans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrikaans literature

Western Cape → officialLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Northern Cape → officialLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Transvaal → officialLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Namibia → recognizedLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Proto-Germanic → ancestorOf → Afrikaans ⓘ

Southern Africa → hasMajorLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Proto-West Germanic → ancestorOf → Afrikaans ⓘ

Xhosa → hasInfluenceFrom → Afrikaans ⓘ

Shona → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Afrikaans ⓘ

Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Afrikaans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrikaans language

South African pound → languageOnCurrency → Afrikaans ⓘ

Day of the Vow → languageOfName → Afrikaans ⓘ

NP → officialLanguageUse → Afrikaans ⓘ

subject surface form: National Party

Annie Botha → languageUsed → Afrikaans ⓘ

Wikinews → hasLanguageEdition → Afrikaans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrikaans Wikinews

P. W. Botha → languageSpoken → Afrikaans ⓘ

F. W. de Klerk → languageSpoken → Afrikaans ⓘ

Winburg, Orange Free State → hasLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Centurion → languageMajority → Afrikaans ⓘ

South African → languageUsed → Afrikaans ⓘ

Louw → usedInLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Dertigers → language → Afrikaans ⓘ

Alleenspraak → language → Afrikaans ⓘ

Hertzog Prize for Poetry → associatedWith → Afrikaans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrikaans language

Khoe languages → areContactWith → Afrikaans ⓘ

Pieter → languageOfUse → Afrikaans ⓘ

Knysna → languageUsed → Afrikaans ⓘ

John → languageOfUse → Afrikaans ⓘ

Gerard Moerdijk → languageOfWorkOrName → Afrikaans ⓘ

Roodepoort → languageMajority → Afrikaans ⓘ

Springs → languageMajority → Afrikaans ⓘ

Raka → language → Afrikaans ⓘ

Hertzog Bills → languageOfLegislation → Afrikaans ⓘ

Jan Smuts → languageSpoken → Afrikaans ⓘ

Vaal River → languageOfName → Afrikaans ⓘ

"Die ysterkoei moet sweet" → literaryTradition → Afrikaans ⓘ

subject surface form: Die ysterkoei moet sweet

this entity surface form: Afrikaans literature

"Katastrofes" → language → Afrikaans ⓘ

subject surface form: Katastrofes

Joel → usedInLanguage → Afrikaans ⓘ

Breyten → languageOfOrigin → Afrikaans ⓘ