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    Afrikaans (/ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns/ AF-rih-KAHNSS, /ˌɑːf-, -ˈkɑːnz/ AHF-, -⁠KAHNZ) is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser...
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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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Afrikaans folklore is the body of traditional literature, music, dance and customs present in Afrikaans-speaking cultures. Some of the Afrikaans folklore...
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  • This article describes the grammar of Afrikaans, a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia which originated from 17th century Dutch.[citation needed]...
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  • Afrikaans literature is literature written in Afrikaans. Afrikaans is the daughter language of 17th-century Dutch and is spoken by the majority of people...
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  • Arabic Afrikaans (Afrikaans: Arabies Afrikaans, Arabic Afrikaans: عربس افركانس) or Lisan-e-Afrikaans (لسانِ افرکانس) is a form of Afrikaans written in...
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    The Afrikaans Wikipedia (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Wikipedia) is an Afrikaans edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. The project was...
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    The Afrikaans Language Monument (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Taalmonument) is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially...
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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...
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    Dutch language (category CS1 Afrikaans-language sources (af))
    1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition...
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  • 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 '...
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  • 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...
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  • 27°59′51″E / 26.18472°S 27.99750°E / -26.18472; 27.99750 The Rand Afrikaans University (Afrikaans: Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit) was a prominent South African...
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    Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital (Afrikaans: Het Zuid-Afrikaans Hospitaal en Diakonessenhuis) is a private, non-profit hospital in Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South...
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  • The Afrikaans language movement is one of three efforts that have been organised to promote Afrikaans in South Africa. The Afrikaans language movement...
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  • transcription delimiters. Afrikaans has a similar phonology to other West Germanic languages, especially Dutch. Afrikaans has an extensive vowel inventory...
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    Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary...
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    the Afrikaans language and is generally regarded as authoritative. Compared to the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) it is a shorter Afrikaans explanatory...
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    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...
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    countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages. It includes countries, which have Afrikaans and/or Dutch as (one of) their nationwide...
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  • Nasionale Taalliggaam vir Afrikaans ("National Language Body for Afrikaans"), which is the language regulator of the Afrikaans language. The Akademie was...
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  • translations into Afrikaans, a language primarily spoken in South Africa and Namibia. The South African Bible Society released full Afrikaans Bibles in 1933...
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  • africtionary – Website for African Slang dictionary. ag man – oh man; ag as the Afrikaans equivalent to "oh" (pronounced \jach\ like German ACHtung), "man" pronounced...
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    Boers (category CS1 Afrikaans-language sources (af))
    Boers (/bʊərz/ BOORZ; Afrikaans: Boere; [ˈbuːrə]) are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern...
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  • dialect of Afrikaans spoken in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, by the Oorlam people. It is considered to be either an Afrikaans-based creole...
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    Bobotie (category Pages with Afrikaans IPA)
    Bobotie (Afrikaans: Afrikaans pronunciation: [bəˈbuəti] ) is a South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. Bobotie...
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    Coloureds (category Articles containing Afrikaans-language text)
    Coloureds (Afrikaans: Kleurlinge) are multiracial people in South Africa, Namibia and to a less extent, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Their ancestry descends...
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  • 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...
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