Afrikaans

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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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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

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Munnik languageOfOrigin Afrikaans
Munnik languageOfUse Afrikaans
Low Franconian languages hasPart Afrikaans
this entity surface form: Afrikaans language
Low Franconian languages hasStandardLanguage Afrikaans
this entity surface form: Standard Afrikaans
Heilbron languageMajority Afrikaans
Malan languageOfOrigin Afrikaans
Verwoerd languageOfOrigin Afrikaans
George languageMajority Afrikaans
Herero usedAlongside Afrikaans
this entity surface form: Afrikaans in Namibia
Lenasia language Afrikaans
Marico River languageOfName Afrikaans
Verulam language Afrikaans
Tongaat languageSpoken Afrikaans
Secunda language Afrikaans
Polokwane languageCommon Afrikaans
Schalk languageOfOrigin Afrikaans
Rustenburg languageSpoken Afrikaans
Nyanja hasLoanwordsFrom Afrikaans
Trevor Noah languageSpoken Afrikaans
Graskop language Afrikaans
Swakopmund languageUsed Afrikaans
Taalkommissie languageRegulated Afrikaans
Retief hasLanguage Afrikaans
Potgieter languageOfOrigin Afrikaans
Welkom languageMajority Afrikaans
South Coast languageSpoken Afrikaans
subject surface form: South Coast (KwaZulu-Natal)
Khorab hasLanguageContext Afrikaans
Graaff-Reinet officialLanguage Afrikaans
District 9 language Afrikaans
Mamelodi hasLanguage Afrikaans
Upper Houghton language Afrikaans
SACP languageOfWorkOrName Afrikaans
Steenberg hasLanguage Afrikaans
Kirstenhof hasLanguage Afrikaans
Boks languageOfNickname Afrikaans
Uys Krige languageOfExpression Afrikaans
Uys Krige translatedInto Afrikaans
Tsotsi language Afrikaans
W.E.G. Louw nativeLanguage Afrikaans