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A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners
A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia
Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language
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Afrikaans is one of the official languages of South Africa. a radical Afrikaans newspaper. a language of South Africa that is similar to Dutch (afrikaans , from africanus)
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belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language; "an Afrikaans couple"; "Afrikaner support"
{i} language of South Africa
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Afrikaans, or Cape Dutch, principally evolved from the dialects spoken by mid-17th-century Dutch settlers and their slaves in South Africa It has been heavily influenced by the languages of Malay slaves, English, French, and German settlers and local Africans Spoken as a mother tongue language by 60 % of the white population of South Africa as well as by most of the coloured population (mixed race) Its importance in the New South Africa is uncertain But it is one of the 11 official languages acknowledged under the new constitution
A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Baster) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia
an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
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an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language; "an Afrikaans couple"; "Afrikaner support

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Afrikaans language
Germanic language of South Africa. It was developed from 17th-century Dutch by descendants of European settlers, indigenous Khoisan-speaking peoples, and African and Asian slaves in the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope. It differs from Dutch in its sound system, in some grammatical simplification, and in vocabulary. Afrikaans is spoken as a first language by close to six million South Africans and as a second or third language by several million more; there are also about 150,000 Afrikaans speakers in Namibia. Standard Afrikaans was formally separated from Dutch and made an official language in South Africa in 1925; it is one of 11 official South African languages
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