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Afrikaans, although it was not so much created as organically arose from the mix of French, Dutch, German and English that was widely spoken in South Africa during its early days when most of it was subdivided into Dutch, German and British colonies. The French influence can be attributed to an influx of French people from the Hugenot exodus.

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