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Who is afrikaans spoken by?

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"Afrikaans" is spoken by "Afrikaaners" which are the native people of South Africa. "Afrikaans" is generally spoken by all caucasians, but not exclusively, there are millions of coloured people in South Africa who also speak "Afrikaans" and about 8million caucasians who speak it.

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Afrikaans is spoken by the Afrikaans-speaking community in South Africa and Namibia. It is one of South Africa's 11 official languages and is derived from Dutch, brought to the region by Dutch settlers in the 17th century.

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