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What language was tattoo derived from?

Dutch


What language is Afrikaans derived from?

Afrikaans is derived from Dutch, with influences from Malay, Portuguese, Khoisan languages, and Bantu languages.


What languages are derived from the German language EXCEPT?

English, Dutch, and Afrikaans.


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 original language was the term protein derived?

The term "protein" was derived from the Greek word "proteios," meaning "of primary importance" or "in the lead."


What is Dutch native to?

The population of the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname. It is also spoken in the Caribbean island nations of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint-Maarten. Also, the South-African language Afrikaans derived from the Dutch language.


What is the culture of Curacao?

Derived From Portuguese,Spanish With Vocabulary Influences From African Languages, English, Dutch, and Arawak. (Which was the native 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.


The English language evolved from an earlier language called what?

Modern English comes immediately from Middle English, the language of Chaucer. That derived from Old English or Anglo-Saxon, the language of Beowulf. That language, little more than a Germanic dialect, derived from Common Germanic, the common language of all Germanic languages (Dutch, Friese, German, Scandinavian...).


Which language derived the word monsoon?

The Arabic mawsim became the Portuguese moncao, which became the Dutch monssoen.


Who speaks Dutch?

The romans invented Dutch and Mexicans also speak this language. It is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands. Mainly in western Europe and in other parts of the world where Dutch colonies existed. Aruba, Belgium, Curacao and Suriname. Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa. For written Dutch the alphabet is derived from Latin. It is estimated that there are 28 million speakers of Dutch. The language is from the Indo-European family, Germanic, West Germanic and Low Franconian.


How the slaves brought to the Cape of Malaysia influenced your languages in South Africa?

The Malay slaves influenced the Dutch spoken by the original Dutch settlers. Their language gradually evolved in the language known as "Afrikaans". It is derived from Dutch but simplified (no conjugations or declinations) and adopted Malay words such as: dalk, baie, mos and many other.