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Afrikaans is spoken mainly in the following countries:
- South Africa
- Namibia
- The SADC region
Many South African immigrants abroad also use Afrikaans as their main language. Large South African immigrant communities are found in:
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- USA
However, Afrikaans and Dutch are mutually intelligible languages. Therefore, the above lists may be extended to Dutch-speaking countries as well.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe afrikaners. White South Africans. But it is also spoken as by the coloured (not black) communities and as a second or third language by many black south africans
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What languages are spoken in eastern cape?
Xhosa, English and Afrikaans.
Do people from Johannesburg speak Afrikaans?
There are a lot of Afrikaans-speaking people in and from Johannesburg, but a lot of other languages are also spoken in Johannesburg and by people from Johannesburg.
What languages are spoken in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality?
They speak Afrikaans, English, and Sesotho in Mangaung.
What is finally in afrikaans?
Afrikaners are Afrikaans-speaking people who have been established in Southern Africa since the 17th century and are mainly of northwestern European descent. Afrikaner is a noun (demonym), Afrikaans the adjective (i.e., an Afrikaans man or an Afrikaner).
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.
Which countries is Afrikaans spoken in?
Afrikaans is primarily spoken in South Africa and Namibia. It is also spoken by some communities in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.
Are there any countries in Africa that speak Germanic languages?
Yes, the only Germanic languages spoken in Africa are:EnglishAfrikaansAfrikaans is spoken in South Africa.English is spoken in:BotswanaCameroonThe GambiaGhanaKenyaLesothoLiberiaMalawiMauritiusNamibiaNigeriaRwandaSaint HelenaSeychellesSierra LeoneSouth AfricaSwazilandUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Is Afrikaans spoken in Rwanda?
No, Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa. The official languages in Rwanda are English, French and Kinyarwanda.
What languages were spoken by the Boers?
Afrikaans
Who is afrikaans spoken by?
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.
What languages are spoken in the Sothern tip of Africa?
Afrikaans
What languages are spoken by European groups in South Africa?
The only widely spoken European languages in South Africa are English and Afrikaans.
Is Spanish spoken in Namibia?
No, the official language of Namibia is English. Until 1990, German and Afrikaans were also official languages. While the official language is English, most of the white population speaks either German or Afrikaans. Afrikaans is spoken by 60% of the white community, German is spoken by 32%, English is spoken by 7% and Portuguese by 1%
What is an Afrikaans person?
"Afrikaans" is spoken by "Afrikaaners" which are the native people of South Africa. "Afrikaans" is a language that is generally spoken by all caucasians (in South Africa), but not exclusively, there are millions of coloured people in South Africa who also speak "Afrikaans" and about 8million caucasians who speak it, but only the caucasians in South Africa who speak "Afrikaans" are regarded as an "Afrikaaner"
What is the youngest language in the world?
It is difficult to determine the "youngest" language, as languages evolve over time. However, some newer languages that have emerged in recent years include constructed languages like Esperanto and Klingon.
What languages are spoken by Afrikaners?
By definition, Afrikaners speak Afrikaans.
What languages are spoken in eastern cape?
Xhosa, English and Afrikaans.
