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Is Dutch and Afrikaans the same?
Dutch and Afrikaans are closely related languages, with Afrikaans having evolved from Dutch. Speakers of one language can typically understand the other to some extent, but there are significant differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation between the two.
From which language does afrikaans come?
Dutch and Flemish
Where does afrikaans come from?
It is a West Germanic language, and is accepted that more than 95% of Afrikaans is ultimately of Dutch origin. It is now recognised as a 'daughter' language of Dutch, previously referred to as Cape Dutch
What language does the word aardvark come from?
Afrikaans, which has a lot of Dutch words incorporated into it. Aardvark comes from 'aarde', meaning 'earth' and 'vark' meaning 'pig'.
What African language do Boers speak?
Boers originally spoke 'old Dutch' , now modified with the addition of many new words to 'Afrikaans'.I once spoke Afrikaans to a Dutch policeman who retorted that I spoke like his grandfather !
Is afrikaners the same as afrikaans?
No. Afrikaners are Boers, South Africans of Dutch ancestry. Afrikaans is their language.
What are the origins of the Afrikaans language?
Afrikaans developed in South Africa. It is derived almost entirely from Dutch and is still mutually intelligible with Dutch. It is an Indo-European language. It developed almost as a slang or colloquial form of Dutch amongst the Dutch settlers of the Cape province. It was known as "Kitchen Dutch" in the early period before gaining recognition as a new language. The Dutch from which it is derived is a dialect of Dutch spoken in the Netherlands which itself is derived from the west-germanic language family. Besides Dutch, Afrikaans grammar (taalkunde) was also heavily influenced by Arabic grammar due to the Cape-Malay Muslim population who were the first people to write Afrikaans. It was first written using the Arabic script and not the Latin script. Translations between Arabic, Malay and Afrikaans were common and Arabic grammar influenced Afrikaans. For example, the joining of the word "al" to the following word is taken from spoken Arabic. Other than Arabic and Dutch, languages such as Xhosa, Zulu and Malay also added to some of the Afrikaans vocabulary in its present form.
From which language does Afrikaans originate?
It's based on Dutch/ Flemish
Afrikaans is a mixture of what languages?
There is no such language. You are probably thinking of Afrikaans, which is a dialect of Dutch that includes some loan words from English and African languages, but not enough to call it a mixture of those languages.
What language is Afrikaans derived from?
Afrikaans is derived from Dutch, with influences from Malay, Portuguese, Khoisan languages, and Bantu languages.
What language does Afrikaans come from?
Afrikaans is actually a language and not a group of people. The group of people speaking Afrikaans are called Afrikaners. Afrikaans is based on Dutch, which was spoken by the Dutch settlers (once known as "Boers" -- which means "farmers" in Afrikaans -- who lived in South Africa. Afrikaans was initially known as "Kitchen Dutch." Which means that the Afrikaners come from the Continent of Europe.
Which language is afrikaans derived from?
Afrikaans is derived from Dutch, which was brought to South Africa by Dutch settlers in the 17th century. Over time, Afrikaans developed its own unique grammar and vocabulary influenced by other languages spoken in the region.
