Afrikaans[n 1] is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia, and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and also Argentina, where a group in Sarmiento speaks a …

Feb 1, 2024 · Afrikaans developed in Africa, but over 90 percent of Afrikaans vocabulary draws from its parent language — Dutch — and it’s not spoken just in South Africa: It’s also spoken in Namibia and …

Afrikaans language, West Germanic language of South Africa, developed from 17th-century Dutch, sometimes called Netherlandic, by the descendants of European (Dutch, German, and French) …

Afrikaans is a Low Franconian West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. In 2013 there were about 17 million speakers in South Africa, where …

Jan 11, 2025 · Afrikaans is a relatively young language, yet it is very old. It became an official language in South Africa (replacing Dutch) in 1925. With its roots in Medieval Dutch, Afrikaans and modern …

The Southern African language Afrikaans (meaning ‘from/belonging to Africa’) is spoken by about 7,2 million people as a first language and about 10 million as a second or third language.

Feb 6, 2026 · Learn how to speak Afrikaans with simple steps: Build grammar, master pronunciation, and start real conversations in months.