Afrikaans information

Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Pronunciation	[afriˈkɑːns]
Native to	South Africa; Namibia; Botswana; Zambia; Zimbabwe;
Native speakers	7.2 million (2016); 10.3 million L2 speakers in South Africa (2011)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Weser–Rhine Germanic Low Franconian Dutch African Dutch Afrikaans; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Frankish Dutch ;
Writing system	Latin script (Afrikaans alphabet), Arabic script
Signed forms	Signed Afrikaans
Official status
Official language in	South Africa
Recognised minority; language in	Namibia
Regulated by	Die Taalkommissie
Language codes
ISO 639-1	af
ISO 639-2	afr
ISO 639-3	afr
Glottolog	afri1274
Linguasphere	52-ACB-ba
	spoken by a majority spoken by a minority
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Afrikaans (/ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns/ AF-rih-KAHNSS, /ˌɑːf-, -ˈkɑːnz/ AHF-, -⁠KAHNZ)^[3]^[4] is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular^[5]^[6] of South Holland (Hollandic dialect)^[7]^[8] spoken by the predominantly Dutch settlers and enslaved population of the Dutch Cape Colony, where it gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics in the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.^[9]

Obelisks of the Afrikaans Language Monument near Paarl

Although Afrikaans has adopted words from other languages, including German and the Khoisan languages, an estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary of Afrikaans is of Dutch origin.^{[n 1]} Differences between Afrikaans and Dutch often lie in the more analytic morphology and grammar of Afrikaans, and different spellings.^{[n 2]} There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, especially in written form.^[10]

^ Afrikaans at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
^ Aarons & Reynolds, "South African Sign Language" in Monaghan (ed.), Many Ways to be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities (2003).
^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
^ Roach, Peter (2011). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15253-2.
^ K. Pithouse, C. Mitchell, R. Moletsane, Making Connections: Self-Study & Social Action, p.91
^ J. A. Heese (1971). Die herkoms van die Afrikaner, 1657–1867 [The origin of the Afrikaner] (in Afrikaans). Cape Town: A. A. Balkema. OCLC 1821706. OL 5361614M.
^ Herkomst en groei van het Afrikaans - G.G. Kloeke (1950)
^ Heeringa, Wilbert; de Wet, Febe; van Huyssteen, Gerhard B. (2015). "The origin of Afrikaans pronunciation: a comparison to west Germanic languages and Dutch dialects". Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus. 47. doi:10.5842/47-0-649. ISSN 2224-3380.
^ Standaard Afrikaans (PDF). Afrikaner Pers. 1948. Retrieved 17 September 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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[e19-1] Afrikaans at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)

[2] Aarons & Reynolds, "South African Sign Language" in Monaghan (ed.), Many Ways to be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities (2003).

[3] Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.

[4] Roach, Peter (2011). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15253-2.

[5] K. Pithouse, C. Mitchell, R. Moletsane, Making Connections: Self-Study & Social Action, p.91

[Heese1971-6] J. A. Heese (1971). Die herkoms van die Afrikaner, 1657–1867 [The origin of the Afrikaner] (in Afrikaans). Cape Town: A. A. Balkema. OCLC 1821706. OL 5361614M.

[7] Herkomst en groei van het Afrikaans - G.G. Kloeke (1950)

[Heeringade_Wet2015-8] Heeringa, Wilbert; de Wet, Febe; van Huyssteen, Gerhard B. (2015). "The origin of Afrikaans pronunciation: a comparison to west Germanic languages and Dutch dialects". Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus. 47. doi:10.5842/47-0-649. ISSN 2224-3380.

[coetzee-9] Standaard Afrikaans (PDF). Afrikaner Pers. 1948. Retrieved 17 September 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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