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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic language → natural language →
closelyRelatedTo	Dutch → Flemish →
developedFrom	Dutch →
developedInCentury	17th century →
developedInRegion	Cape Colony →
hasDialect	Cape Afrikaans → 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	Standard Afrikaans →
influencedBy	Bantu languages → English → French → German → Khoisan languages → Malay → Portuguese →
languageBranch	West Germanic languages →
languageFamily	Germanic languages → 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 → 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 (60)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afrikaners → Alleenspraak → Dertigers → Katastrofes → Raka →	language
Centurion → Heilbron → Roodepoort → Springs →	languageMajority
Breyten → Malan → Munnik → Verwoerd →	languageOfOrigin
Northern Cape → South Africa → Transvaal → Western Cape →	officialLanguage
Dutch → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West Germanic →	ancestorOf
John → Munnik → Pieter →	languageOfUse
F. W. de Klerk → Jan Smuts → P. W. Botha →	languageSpoken
Annie Botha → Knysna → South African →	languageUsed
South African English → Xhosa →	hasInfluenceFrom
Afrikaner nationalism → Winburg, Orange Free State →	hasLanguage
Day of the Vow → Vaal River →	languageOfName
Joel → Louw →	usedInLanguage
Khoe languages →	areContactWith
Hertzog Prize for Poetry ("Afrikaans language") →	associatedWith
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Dutch →	closelyRelatedTo
Afrikaners ("Afrikaans language") →	culturalSymbol
Afrikaans ("Eastern Border Afrikaans") →	hasDialect
Wikinews ("Afrikaans Wikinews") →	hasLanguageEdition
Nicholas ("Afrikaans language") →	hasLanguageOfUse
Shona →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Southern Africa →	hasMajorLanguage
Nama →	hasNeighboringContactLanguages
Low Franconian languages ("Afrikaans language") →	hasPart
Afrikaans ("Standard Afrikaans") →	hasStandardForm
Low Franconian languages ("Standard Afrikaans") →	hasStandardLanguage
West Germanic languages →	includesLanguage
N. P. van Wyk Louw ("Afrikaans literature") →	influenced
Hertzog Bills →	languageOfLegislation
Gerard Moerdijk →	languageOfWorkOrName
South African pound →	languageOnCurrency
East London →	languageWidelySpoken
Die ysterkoei moet sweet ("Afrikaans literature") →	literaryTradition
National Party →	officialLanguageUse
Namibia →	recognizedLanguage