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West Germanic language spoken in South Africa
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia, and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and also Argentina, where a
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia; it is a separate standard language rather than a national variety
Comparison of Afrikaans and Dutch
Comparison_of_Afrikaans_and_Dutch
Ethnic group in Southern Africa
Afrikaners (Afrikaans: [afriˈkɑːnərs]) are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers who first arrived at the Cape of
Afrikaners
The Afrikaans language movement is one of three efforts that have been organised to promote Afrikaans in South Africa. The Afrikaans language movement
Afrikaans_language_movement
Variant of Arabic script used to write the Afrikaans language
Arabic Afrikaans (Afrikaans: Arabies Afrikaans, Arabic Afrikaans: عربس افركانس) or Lisan-e-Afrikaans (Arabic Afrikaans: لسانِ افرکانس) is a form of Afrikaans
Arabic_Afrikaans
Afrikaans folklore is the body of traditional literature, music, dance and customs present in Afrikaans-speaking cultures. Some of the Afrikaans folklore
Afrikaans_folklore
System of sounds for the Afrikaans language
transcription delimiters. Afrikaans has a similar phonology to other West Germanic languages, especially Dutch. Afrikaans has an extensive vowel inventory
Afrikaans_phonology
Form of Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a form of Afrikaans brought to Argentina by Boer immigrants following the Second Boer War (1899–1902). Today, there are still Afrikaans-speaking
Patagonian_Afrikaans
Afrikaans literature is literature written in Afrikaans. Afrikaans is the daughter language of 17th-century Dutch and is spoken by the majority of people
Afrikaans_literature
South African university (1967–2004)
26.18472°S 27.99750°E / -26.18472; 27.99750 The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) (Afrikaans: Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit) was a prominent South African
Rand_Afrikaans_University
Afrikaans-language edition of Wikipedia
The Afrikaans Wikipedia (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Wikipedia) is the Afrikaans edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. This Wikipedia
Afrikaans_Wikipedia
Grammar of the Afrikaans language
This article describes the grammar of Afrikaans, a language in the Low Franconian family spoken primarily in South Africa and Namibia, which arose in
Afrikaans_grammar
Autonomous town in Northern Cape, South Africa
Orania (Afrikaans pronunciation: [uəˈrɑːnia]) is a white separatist South African town founded by Afrikaners. It is located along the Orange River in
Orania
South African census figures suggest a growing number of first language Afrikaans speakers in all nine provinces, a total of 6.85 million in 2011 compared
Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa
Afrikaans-speaking_population_of_South_Africa
Monument in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
The Afrikaans Language Monument (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Taalmonument) is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially
Afrikaans_Language_Monument
in the Afrikaans language. Solo artists are alphabetised by their stage name or surname—whichever is more common. Choirs that sing in Afrikaans are also
List_of_Afrikaans_singers
Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa
Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital (Afrikaans: Het Zuid-Afrikaans Hospitaal en Diakonessenhuis) is a private, non-profit hospital in Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South
Zuid-Afrikaans_Hospital
Descendants of Afrikaners beyond the Cape Colony frontier
Boers (/bʊərz/ BOORZ; Afrikaans: Boere; [ˈbuːrə]) are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern
Boers
Ethnic group in southern Africa
Coloured people (Afrikaans: Bruin mense) are multiracial people in South Africa, Namibia and to a smaller extent Zimbabwe and Zambia. Their ancestry descends
Coloureds
West Germanic language
1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition
Dutch_language
First letter of the Latin alphabet
Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Utrecht Dutch [aː] Dutch (doubled), German [a̠] Afrikaans, Bulgarian [a̠ː] New Zealand English, Lithuanian, Limburgish (doubled)
A
Percentages of Afrikaans and Dutch speakers (assuming a rounded total of 46 million) worldwide. Native Dutch (47.8%) Native Afrikaans (15.5%) Afrikaans as second
List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages
List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Afrikaans_or_Dutch_are_official_languages
Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages. British English has absorbed Afrikaans words primarily via British soldiers who served in the
List of English words of Afrikaans origin
List_of_English_words_of_Afrikaans_origin
translations into Afrikaans, a language primarily spoken in South Africa and Namibia. The South African Bible Society released full Afrikaans Bibles in 1933
Bible translations into Afrikaans
Bible_translations_into_Afrikaans
1836–1852 Boer migrations away from the British Cape Colony
The Great Trek (Afrikaans: Die Groot Trek, Dutch: De Grote Trek) was a northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from
Great_Trek
africtionary – Website for African Slang dictionary. ag man – oh man; ag as the Afrikaans equivalent to "oh" (pronounced \ach\ like German ACHtung), "man" pronounced
List of South African slang words
List_of_South_African_slang_words
Pornographic video sharing and viewing website
Dutch, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Afrikaans and others Headquarters Prague, Czech Republic Country of origin France
XVideos
Longest words in various languages
resemble from Afyonkarahisar". (Afyonkarahisar is a city in Turkey.) Afrikaans, as it is a daughter language of the Dutch language, is capable of forming
Longest_words
Sepedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary
Languages_of_South_Africa
South African children's book author (born 1980)
Jacobs (born 1980) is a South African children's author who writes in Afrikaans. Jacobs was born in the South African town of Carnarvon, Northern Cape
Jaco_Jacobs
This is a list of Afrikaans-language films. For a more comprehensive list see Category:Afrikaans-language films Pres. Paul Kruger filmed in front of his
List of Afrikaans-language films
List_of_Afrikaans-language_films
International radio division of the BBC
Language Start date Close date Website/notes Radio TV Online Afrikaans 14 May 1939 8 September 1957 Yes Albanian 12 November 1940 20 February 1993 20
BBC_World_Service
Country in Northwestern Europe
of the Netherlands) Partners Indonesia South Africa Related Dutch language Dutch orthography Dutch dictionary Flemish language Dutch Empire Afrikaans
Belgium
Australian multinational proprietary software company
Android, iOS, macOS, Windows Available in 100 languages List of languages Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian
Canva
Zimbabweans of Afrikaner birth or descent
Afrikaners in Zimbabwe are the descendants of Afrikaans-speaking migrants to Zimbabwe, almost all of whom originated from the Cape Colony, Orange Free
Afrikaners_in_Zimbabwe
South African citizens of European ancestry
cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of the Dutch East India Company's original colonists
White_South_Africans
influence a wide range of Afrikaans-speaking musicians with the same punk ethic that had inspired him; as a result, a critical Afrikaans alternative rock scene
Music_of_South_Africa
Boer guerilla faction (1900–1902)
The Bittereinders (Afrikaans: [ˌbətərˈəindərs]) or irreconcilables were a faction of Boer guerrilla fighters, resisting the forces of the British Empire
Bittereinder
List of poets
This list of Afrikaans language poets includes poets who write, or wrote, in the Afrikaans language. Contents: B C D E F H J K L M N O P R S T V W '
List of Afrikaans-language poets
List_of_Afrikaans-language_poets
three official languages in what was then South West Africa, alongside Afrikaans and English, two other Germanic languages in Namibia. German is the mother
German_language_in_Namibia
in 1948 gave Afrikaans new standing in the schools and, after that, all high-school graduates were required to be proficient in Afrikaans and English.
Education_in_South_Africa
South African denomination
The Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk (APK; Afrikaans Protestant Church), also known as AP Kerk, is a South African conservative Reformed Church federation
Afrikaans_Protestant_Church
Radio station in South Africa
Borders, is an Afrikaans-language radio service run by the South African Broadcasting Corporation for the whole of South Africa. Since Afrikaans is one of
Radio_Sonder_Grense
language families: Germanic, Bantu, and the various Khoisan families. Afrikaans, German, and English had equal status as official languages during the
Languages_of_Namibia
Series of fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling
Armenian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Bulgarian, Welsh, Afrikaans, Albanian, Latvian, Vietnamese and Hawaiian. The first volume has been
Harry_Potter
Newspaper
The Volksblad (English: People's Journal) was an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper published in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and distributed in the Free
Volksblad
Language regulator of Afrikaans
Nasionale Taalliggaam vir Afrikaans ("National Language Body for Afrikaans"), which is the language regulator of the Afrikaans language. The Akademie was
Taalkommissie
This is a list of rivers in South Africa. It is quite common to find the Afrikaans word -rivier as part of the name. Another common suffix is "-kamma", from
List of rivers of South Africa
List_of_rivers_of_South_Africa
British dominion in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961
The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika, pronunciation) was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth
Union_of_South_Africa
Clay pan in the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia
name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, meaning lake or marsh). Its Afrikaans name is Dooie Vlei. Many Internet references erroneously
Deadvlei
Meat dish
Bobotie (Afrikaans pronunciation: [bəˈbuəti] ) is a South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. Bobotie appears
Bobotie
South African-American actress (born 1975)
Charlize Theron (/ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ shar-LEEZ THERR-ən; Afrikaans: [ʃarˈlis ˈtrɔn]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer
Charlize_Theron
South African hip hop duo
Die Antwoord (Afrikaans: [di ˈantvuərt]; Afrikaans for 'The Answer') is a South African hip hop duo formed in Cape Town in 2008. The duo consists of rappers
Die_Antwoord
1976 student-led anti-apartheid protests in South Africa
the streets of the Soweto township in response to the introduction of Afrikaans, considered by many black South Africans as the "language of the oppressor"
Soweto_uprising
Judicial capital of South Africa
Bloemfontein (/ˈbluːmfɒnteɪn/ BLOOM-fon-tayn; Afrikaans: [ˈblumfɔntəin]), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State province
Bloemfontein
Ethnic group in South Africa
Cape Malays (Afrikaans: Kaapse Maleiers, کاپز ملیس in Arabic script) also known as Cape Muslims or Malays, are an ethnic group in South Africa. They are
Cape_Malays
Newspaper
Media) in the Western Cape province. It is published in English, with Afrikaans mixed in. In late 2013, the Daily Voice was the most-read daily newspaper
Daily Voice (South African newspaper)
Daily_Voice_(South_African_newspaper)
Country in Northwestern Europe and the Caribbean
the original on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2010. South Africa – Afrikaans Speakers. Library of Congress. "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl. "CBS –
Netherlands
Academic city in North West, South Africa
Potchefstroom (locally /ˈpɒtʃɛfstrʊərm/ POTCH-ef-stroorm; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌpɔtʃɛfˈstruəm]), known colloquially as Potch, is an academic city
Potchefstroom
American lynching victim (1941–1955)
convinced he'd merely been trying to do so with clarity. Hales, Dianne [in Afrikaans] (2011). Of War and Men: World War II in the Lives of Fathers and Their
Emmett_Till
African TV channel
MYtv, formerly ASTV (Afrikaanse Satellietelevisie), is an Afrikaans Television Channel in South Africa which is privately owned. The channel is based
MYtv
System of phonetic notation
legible that way, as in Niesler; Louw; Roux (2005). "Phonetic analysis of Afrikaans, English, Xhosa and Zulu using South African speech databases". The IPA
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
South African singer-songwriter (1945–1984)
Pretoria, and the University of the Witwatersrand, majoring in Afrikaans-Nederlands (Afrikaans-Dutch). At university he met his future wife, Mornay. The couple
Koos_du_Plessis
Unequal status of South African languages
South African Sign Language since 2023), but in practice English and Afrikaans are the primary languages used, and to a somewhat lesser extent isiZulu
Linguistic marginalisation in South Africa
Linguistic_marginalisation_in_South_Africa
pre-1994 provinces, the Transvaal and Orange Free State were predominantly Afrikaans-speaking, Natal was mostly English-speaking and the Cape Province was
Distribution of white South Africans
Distribution_of_white_South_Africans
Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms
networking service Available in 112 languages List of languages Multilingual Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian
Radio station in Pretoria, South Africa
Pretoria FM, formerly Radio Pretoria is an Afrikaans community-based radio station in Pretoria, South Africa. It broadcasts 24 hours a day in stereo on
Pretoria_FM
Country in Southern Africa
Rukavango Most of the white population speaks English, Afrikaans or German. As a home language, Afrikaans is spoken by 60% of the white community, German by
Namibia
South African anthem from 1938 to 1994
(Afrikaans: [di ˈstɛm fan sœyt ˈɑːfrika], lit. 'The Voice of South Africa'), also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem" (Afrikaans:
Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika
Feminine given name
Kari (Norwegian) Karia (Norwegian) Karien (Afrikaans, Dutch, Carine in French) Kariinná (Sami) Karin (Afrikaans, Dutch, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, German
Katherine
Public & boarding school in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Paarl Gimnasium is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the city of Paarl in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Rev
Paarl_Gimnasium
references to the Dutch language in the South Africa Act 1909 included the Afrikaans language, effectively granting the latter official language status. The
Official Languages of the Union Act, 1925
Official_Languages_of_the_Union_Act,_1925
Ethnoreligious group
primary language. Similarly, South African Jews adopted English rather than Afrikaans. Due to both Czarist and Soviet policies, Russian has superseded Yiddish
Jews
Businessman and former public official (born 1971)
graduated. He was a decent but unexceptional student, earning a 61/100 in Afrikaans and a B on his senior math certification. He applied for a Canadian passport
Elon_Musk
Khoikhoi woman (c. 1789–1815)
Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the Dutch diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation:
Sarah_Baartman
2022 South African Afrikaans reality television series
Real Housewives of Pretoria (Afrikaans: Die Real Housewives van Pretoria), often abbreviated as RHOPTA, is an Afrikaans reality television series that
The Real Housewives of Pretoria
The_Real_Housewives_of_Pretoria
American and South African actress (born 1965)
old. She has Dutch, English, and French ancestry. Davidtz had to learn Afrikaans before attending school classes in South Africa, where John took up a
Embeth_Davidtz
iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa", lit. '"Lord Bless Africa"') and the Afrikaans song that was used as the South African national anthem during the apartheid
National anthem of South Africa
National_anthem_of_South_Africa
Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper
Rapport (English: 'Report') is an Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper (released on Sundays) in South Africa and published by Media24. Its head office
Rapport_(newspaper)
Place in Limpopo, South Africa
Hoedspruit (Afrikaans for Hat Creek) is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa, situated at the foot of the Klein Drakensberg (Afrikaans for "Small
Hoedspruit
South African writer and painter (1939–2024)
Breyten Breytenbach (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈbrəitən ˈbrəitənbaχ]; 16 September 1939 – 24 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter
Breyten_Breytenbach
Closeness of linguistic varieties
this is the case between Afrikaans and Dutch. It is generally easier for Dutch speakers to understand Afrikaans than for Afrikaans speakers to understand
Mutual_intelligibility
Afrikaans language South African newspaper
Die Son (Afrikaans: "The Sun") is a mixed Afrikaans-language South African tabloid reporting sensational news essentially after the model of British tabloids
Die_Son
members of the group, with ages varying between 18 and 83, sing mostly old Afrikaans songs with straight faces and in old costumes. They have produced five
Die_Grafsteensangers
Namibian model (born 1988)
Behati Prinsloo (/biˈɑːti ˈprɪnsluː/ bee-AH-tee PRIN-sloo, Afrikaans: [ˈbɛɦati ˈprənsluə]; born 16 May 1988) is a Namibian model. In 2008, she became
Behati_Prinsloo
Flag of the United Kingdom
The Union Jack or Union Flag is the national flag of the United Kingdom. While no law has been enacted making the Union Flag the national flag of the United
Union_Jack
Bridge between signed and oral languages
the grammar of the oral languages, resulting in Signed English, Signed Afrikaans, Signed Xhosa, Signed Zulu, etc. They are not a natural form of communication
Manually coded language in South Africa
Manually_coded_language_in_South_Africa
South African journalist and author
Media24 group and South Africa's only Afrikaans business paper. His work is regularly published in English and in Afrikaans. Bottomley holds journalism and
Edward-John_Bottomley
Latin letter E with circumflex
Ê, ê (e-circumflex) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, found in Afrikaans, French, Friulian, Kurdish, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Portuguese, Vietnamese, and
Ê
Ethnic group in South Africa
Cape Coloureds (Afrikaans: Kaapse Kleurlinge) are a South African group of Coloureds who are from the Cape region in South Africa which consists of the
Cape_Coloureds
South African writer (1934–1995)
father was a lecturer of Afrikaans and Dutch, before the family moved to Calvinia and bought Doega farm. Rona studied Afrikaans and music at Stellenbosch
Rona_Rupert
South African musician (born 1978)
Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (Afrikaans: [ˈvæl.χəˌmut], born 21 December 1978) is a South African musician. He is the lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist
Shaun_Morgan
Political alignment in the right-wing spectrum
South Africa. The HNP advocated for a Calvinist, racially segregated and Afrikaans-speaking nation. In 1973, Eugène Terre'Blanche, a former police officer
Far-right_politics
State-owned public broadcaster in South Africa
(later known as Radio South Africa), the Afrikaans Service (later known as Radio Suid-Afrika and Afrikaans Stereo) and the commercial station, Springbok
SABC
Grammatical tense+aspect indicating an event will have finished by a future time
in Afrikaans are regular (with a few exceptions like gehad and gedag). The Dutch strong participles are, however, sometimes preserved in Afrikaans when
Future_perfect
South African actor
the Afrikaans film industry. He established the Afrikaans film industry almost single-handedly with meager means and produced a total of 21 Afrikaans films
Pierre_de_Wet
Group of languages
distinct variety of West Germanic. The language family also includes Afrikaans, Yiddish, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, Hunsrik, and Scots. Additionally,
West_Germanic_languages
English word
Language Form Usage/history Afrikaans oukei Used in colloquial Afrikaans. Arabic اوكي or اوك Arabic speakers also use the word widely, particularly in
OK
Web mapping service
Type of site Web mapping Available in 74 languages List of languages Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Indonesian, Malay, Bosnian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German
Google_Maps
South African-Canadian filmmaker (born 1979)
Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans: [ˈnil ˈblɔmkamp]; born 16 May 1979) is a South African-born Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the
Neill_Blomkamp
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Anglo Saxon
A queen of the Iceni: Victory.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brabant, altered by association with English habitational names ending in -ham.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Affectionate sympathetic
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Favourite; Beloved; Non-duality
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Sun
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Lover of dance
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
An Ancient Name
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hetarth | ஹேதாரà¯à®¤Â
Distribute Love, Well wisher
Boy/Male
Indian
King of the world
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