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Afrikaans has been developed over the years with a Dutch vocabulary. It is classified as Low Franconian Germanic. The original Dutch settlers in South Africa, spoke a colloquial form of the Dutch, often referred to as "kitchen Dutch".
This dialect including words and phrases from other South African languages and Malay.The following has been adapted from Wikipedia on the history of Afrikaans:Afrikaans developed among the Dutch speaking Protestant settlers, and the indentured or slave workforce of the Cape area in southwestern South Africa that was established by the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie - VOC, Afrikaans: Verenigde Oos-Indiese Kompanjie) between 1652 and 1705.
A relative majority of these first settlers were from the United Provinces (now Netherlands), though there were also many from Germany, a considerable number from France, and some from Norway, Portugal, Scotland, and various other countries. The indentured workers and slaves were Asians, Malays, Malagasy in addition to the indigenous Khoi and Bushmen.
The Afrikaans School has long seen Afrikaans as a natural development from the South-Hollandic Dutch dialect. Because of the absence of historical indication of the development of the dialect (language), some have implied Afrikaans to be a creolization of conceptual Dutch. However, this theory is rather implausible since it implies that a language systematically developed out of a vocabulary.
Furthermore, this theory would fail to explain the systematic process of simplification from dialectical 17th century Dutch to Afrikaans, its geographically widespread and cohesive nature and also the persistent structural similarities between Afrikaans and other regional Franconian dialects including West Flemish and Zeelandic. This indicates rather a linear, though isolated linguistic path.Afrikaans also remains akin to other West-Germanic languages (except English) in that it remains a V2 language which features verb final structures in subordinate clauses, just like Dutch and German.
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Afrikaans is an Indo-European language?
Yes it is. It is derived from Dutch which is part of the West Germanic Languages and along with most European languages is part of the Indo-European group
Is afrikaans an indo-language?
Yes it is. It is derived from Dutch which is part of the West Germanic Languages and along with most European languages is part of the Indo-European group
What languages are spoken by European groups in South Africa?
The only widely spoken European languages in South Africa are English and Afrikaans.
What language is Afrikaans derived from?
Afrikaans is derived from Dutch, with influences from Malay, Portuguese, Khoisan languages, and Bantu languages.
What European languages are spoken in Africa?
Afrikaans. It is an Indo-European language of the Germanic language family, and is closely related to (and sometimes mutually intelligible with) Dutch and especially Flemish.
Is Afrikaans is an Indo-European language?
Yes, Afrikaans is an indo-european language. The only one of it's kind that originates from Africa.
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Where does afrikaans people come from?
Afrikaans people are descended from Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers who arrived in South Africa during the 17th and 18th centuries. They developed a unique language, now known as Afrikaans, which is a fusion of these European languages with indigenous African languages.
Is Afrikaans an Indo-European language?
it is an Indo-European Language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. Its family is Germanic, Franconian and Dutch and is spoken by 6.45 million people as a first language
Where does German language come from?
It is a branch of the Indo European group of languages, including German, Dutch, English, Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian and the extinct Gothic language
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.
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 !
