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Afrikaans Common

Afrikaans has 4 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish

Adjective
1

belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language

"an Afrikaans couple"

"Afrikaner support"

2

Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Proper Noun
1

A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.

See Also
dutch descend afrikaner language afrikaansness namibia kaaps south africa
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Dutch

Origin

The word comes from the Dutch term Afrikaansch, which literally means "African." This name was adopted to describe the language spoken in Africa.

Rhyming Words
ans mans pans dans fans vans sans gans hans cans bans tans rans frans scans trans arans khans glans jeans
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