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    Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch...
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  • Afrikaners (Afrikaans: [afriˈkɑːnərs]), also known as Boers are an ethnic group in South Africa descended from predominantly Dutch settlers who first...
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    Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia (see Namibian Afrikaans); it is a separate standard language rather...
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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 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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  • Arabic Afrikaans (Afrikaans: Arabies Afrikaans, Arabic Afrikaans: عربس افركانس) or Lisan-e-Afrikaans (Arabic Afrikaans: لسانِ افرکانس) is a form of Afrikaans...
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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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  • leading to it being condemned as "a blunder on the grandest scale". Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg, South Africa (now Kingsway Campus Auckland...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • resemble from Afyonkarahisar". (Afyonkarahisar is a city in Turkey.) Afrikaans, as it is a daughter language of the Dutch language, is capable of forming...
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    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....
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Spanish flu (category Articles containing Afrikaans-language text)
    The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza...
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    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...
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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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  • 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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  • transcription delimiters. Afrikaans has a similar phonology to other West Germanic languages, especially Dutch. Afrikaans has an extensive vowel inventory...
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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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    Stellenbosch University (category Articles containing Afrikaans-language text)
    Stellenbosch University (SU) (Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch) is a public research university situated in...
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    Potchefstroom (category Pages with Afrikaans IPA)
    Potchefstroom (locally /ˈpɒtʃɛfstrʊərm/ POTCH-ef-stroorm; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌpɔtʃɛfˈstruəm]), colloquially known as Potch, is an academic city...
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    Bushveld (category Articles containing Afrikaans-language text)
    The Bushveld (from Afrikaans: bosveld, Afrikaans: bos 'bush' and Afrikaans: veld) is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa. The ecoregion...
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    many Germanic languages, including German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and Afrikaans, "hallo" directly translates into English as "hello". In the case of Dutch...
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    Orania (category CS1 Afrikaans-language sources (af))
    Orania (Afrikaans pronunciation: [uəˈrɑːnia]) is a white separatist South African town founded by Afrikaners. It is located along the Orange River in...
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    pancakes and French crepes. A "pancake" in South Africa is a crêpe. In Afrikaans, it is known as a pannekoek (plural pannekoeke) and, traditionally, is...
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  • 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...
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