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List of English words of Afrikaans origin information


Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages. British English has absorbed Afrikaans words primarily via British soldiers who served in the Boer Wars. Many more words have entered common usage in South African English due to the parallel nature of the English and Afrikaner cultures in South Africa. Afrikaans words have unusual spelling patterns.

Most of these words describe the African flora, fauna or landscape.

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List of English words of Afrikaans origin

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Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages. British English has absorbed Afrikaans words primarily via British soldiers who served in the Boer...

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Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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List of English words of Old English origin. English words of African origin List of English words of Afrikaans origin List of South African English regionalisms...

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List of English words of Dutch origin

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European language, are not listed here. See also: List of English words of Afrikaans origin and List of South African slang words Contents:  Top A B C D E...

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English words of African origin

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Most words of African origin used in English are nouns describing animals, plants, or cultural practices that have their origins in Africa (mostly sub-Saharan...

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List of English words of Turkic origin

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This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. Many of them came via traders and soldiers from and in the...

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List of English words of Spanish origin

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This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as "Spanish loan words". Words typical of "Mock Spanish" used...

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List of South African English regionalisms

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language. For internationally common English words of South African origin, see List of English words of Afrikaans origin. aikhona (informal) meaning ''no''...

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List of South African slang words

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majority of Coloureds in South Africa speak Afrikaans. Those who speak English use the equivalent English words as slang. gam – derogatory term for Coloured...

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List of English words of Sanskrit origin

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This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Most of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meaning of some words have changed...

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List of English words of Portuguese origin

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This is a list of English words borrowed or derived from Portuguese (or Galician-Portuguese). The list also includes words derived from other languages...

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Afrikaans

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Zimbabwe § Afrikaans List of Afrikaans language poets List of Afrikaans singers List of English words of Afrikaans origin South African Translators'...

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Hello

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German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and Afrikaans, "hallo" literally translates into English as "hello". In the case of Dutch, it was used as early as 1797...

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South African English

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of the speakers in this list have English as their first language. South Africa portal Language portal List of English words of Afrikaans origin List...

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Comparison of Afrikaans and Dutch

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to 95% of Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately of Dutch origin, so there are few lexical differences between the two languages, however Afrikaans has considerably...

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English language

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early period of Modern English to follow the spelling patterns of Latin for English words of Germanic origin. For the vowel sounds of the English language...

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Regional accents of English

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primary mother-tongue, Afrikaans or English. A range of accents can be seen, with the majority of Coloureds showing a strong Afrikaans inflection. Similarly...

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Longest words

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rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration. Agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compounding...

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Zimbabwean English

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portal List of English words of Afrikaans origin South African English Australian English New Zealand English British diaspora in Africa English in southern...

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Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have...

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Afrikaners

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Afrikaners (Afrikaans: [afriˈkɑːnərs]) are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope...

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List of diminutives by language

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of words in the diminutive is always neuter, regardless of the original gender of the words. In Afrikaans, the diminutive is formed by adding one of the...

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Lists of etymologies

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Anglo-Saxon How words have been loaned from various languages to (many) other languages: Australian Aboriginal — African — Afrikaans — Algonquian — Arabic...

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English orthography

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due to the large number of words that have been borrowed from a large number of other languages throughout the history of English, without successful attempts...

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List of calques

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pomme de terre (English potato "earth apple") Afrikaans besigheid calques English business Afrikaans e-pos calques English e-mail Afrikaans hardeskyf and...

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Dutch language

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Dictation of the Dutch Language Indo-European languages Istvaeones List of English words of Dutch origin List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or...

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Languages of Africa

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(Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in Liberia and the former colonies of the United Kingdom (English), former colonies of France...

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Glossary of names for the British

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unfamiliarity with English, it became corrupted as mat salleh (Mat and Salleh are both typical Malay names). Another possible origin of the phrase is the...

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English phonology

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Under the influence of Welsh and Afrikaans, the actual phonetic realization of /x/ in Welsh English and White South African English is uvular [χ], rather...

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