Afrikaans
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Afrikaans is a Low Franconian West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia.
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I would rather do an unprepared speech in Afrikaans that ukujola with you.
South African language, developed out of the Dutch spoken in the country since the first Dutch East India Company settlement in the Cape, established in 1652. Afrikaans was considered a dialect of Dutch – known as “Cape Dutch” – until recognised as a language in the late 19th century. From the Dutch for “African”.
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They forced us to do Afrikaans in high school.
Is a language created by dutch people, although in dutch translates to african it is not of that origin.
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I just learned to speak afrikaans.
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