Afrikaans
6.3
A language people speak in South Africa that comes from Dutch
- noun
- /ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnz/
:
afrikáans
I mean, the story of them teaching Afrikaans and.
- I mean, the story of them teaching Afrikaans and.
- So when he had to learn Afrikaans in school and you know, he flunks it or when he has to learn certain things.
- Stories and folklore from South Africa's past were brought to life by the indigenous sand people in the Click language and Afrikaans.
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Synonyms
Taal language
vsAfrikaans
8.4
An official language of South Africa closely related to Dutch and Flemish
is the same language but goes by a different name
Surface Forms
Afrikaans singular
Afrikaanses plural
Etymology
Afrikaans comes from the Dutch parts Afrika 'Africa' and -aans 'from' or 'of', so it means 'African' and names the language in South Africa that grew from Dutch and local languages.
