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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Wilderness language Afrikaans
WCPP languageOfWork Afrikaans
Weltevreden Park hasLanguage Afrikaans
Little Falls languageUsed Afrikaans
Helderkruin languageRegion Afrikaans
Rob Louw languageSpoken Afrikaans
Gariepdam languageUsed Afrikaans
French Corner languageOfName Afrikaans
subject surface form: Franschhoek
southern Gauteng languageMajority Afrikaans
subject surface form: Southern Gauteng
Upington languageMajority Afrikaans
Tshwane language Afrikaans
Jaco Louw languageOfFamilyName Afrikaans
Springbok hasLanguage Afrikaans
Garies languageUsed Afrikaans
Athlone languageSpoken Afrikaans
Summer Greens hasLanguage Afrikaans
Sanddrift hasLanguage Afrikaans
Storms River language Afrikaans
Frans hasLanguage Afrikaans
Berg River languageOfName Afrikaans
Riebeek West languageSpoken Afrikaans
Outjo languageUsed Afrikaans
Namutoni hasLanguage Afrikaans
Elsies River languageUsed Afrikaans
Klip River hasLanguageVariant Afrikaans
Khoikhoi language influencedBy Afrikaans
Potchefstroom languageMajority Afrikaans
Uitlanders termLanguage Afrikaans
Latn isUsedForWriting Afrikaans
Karibib languageUsed Afrikaans