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The name of the language comes directly from the Dutch word Afrikaansch (now spelled Afrikaans) [n 4] meaning 'African'. [12] It was previously referred to as 'Cape Dutch' (Kaap-Hollands or Kaap-Nederlands), a term also used to refer to the early Cape settlers collectively, or the derogatory 'kitchen Dutch' (kombuistaal) from its use by slaves of colonial settlers "in the kitchen".
It includes countries, which have Afrikaans and/or Dutch as (one of) their nationwide official language(s), as well as dependent territories with Afrikaans and/or Dutch as a co-official language. Worldwide, Afrikaans and Dutch as native or second language are spoken by approximately 46 million people.
Overall 15 to 20 million people are estimated to speak Afrikaans. Since the colonial era, Indo-European languages such as Afrikaans, English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish have held official status in many countries, and are widely spoken, generally as lingua francas. (See African French and African Portuguese.) Additionally ...
Kalanga is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people of northwestern Zimbabwe. It is spoken by over 300,000 people, and is one of Zimbabwe's official languages. [3] [4] [5] Kalanga is spoken by over 300,000 people in Botswana. The language is, however, not an official one. Kalanga is predominantly in the North Eastern part of Botswana.
Geographical distribution of Afrikaans in Namibia. 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 to 5.98 million a decade earlier. [1] 2001 Namibian census reported that 11.4% of Namibians had Afrikaans (Namibian Afrikaans) as their home ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Afrikaans-language singers (5 C, ... Translators to Afrikaans (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Afrikaans-speaking people"
Sepitori contains Afrikaans influences due to the language’s prominence during apartheid. Well-dressed township dwellers ( kleva ) started utilising a combination of Afrikaans words in their speech, resulting in the language having terms such as Dae man , Ek sê , Daarso , Is waar , Nou die laas , and Jy verstaan , which are used on a daily ...
[6] [7] Afrikaners preserved their language and culture through their own institutions. [6] [7] Dutch Reformed churches commonly conducted Afrikaans services in the morning, followed by services in English and indigenous African languages in the afternoon. [9] An Afrikaans-language school, Bothashof, was established in