Afrikaans - Wikipedia Afrikaans[n 1] is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia, and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and also Argentina, where a group in Sarmiento speaks a Patagonian dialect
What Is Afrikaans, And Where Is It Spoken? - Babbel. com Afrikaans developed in Africa, but over 90 percent of Afrikaans vocabulary draws from its parent language — Dutch — and it’s not spoken just in South Africa: It’s also spoken in Namibia and (to a lesser extent) in Australia, Botswana, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Zimbabwe
Afrikaans language | Origin, History, Facts | Britannica Afrikaans language, West Germanic language of South Africa, developed from 17th-century Dutch, sometimes called Netherlandic, by the descendants of European (Dutch, German, and French) colonists, indigenous Khoisan peoples, and African and Asian slaves in the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope
Afrikaans language and alphabet - Omniglot Afrikaans is a Low Franconian West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia In 2013 there were about 17 million speakers in South Africa, where Afrikaans is one of the Statutory national languages, and an official language in nine provinces
afrikaans. us: Intro to Afrikaans Afrikaans is a relatively young language, yet it is very old It became an official language in South Africa (replacing Dutch) in 1925 With its roots in Medieval Dutch, Afrikaans and modern Dutch are roughly equidistant from Old Franconian and similar medieval Rhine valley dialects
What Is Afrikaans? The Language of South Africa Explained Afrikaans is a **West Germanic language** primarily spoken in South Africa, where it holds official status alongside 11 other languages Born from Dutch settlers in the 17th century, it evolved into a distinct language with unique grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation