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Afrikaans is one of the notable languages on the African continent, particularly spoken by Afrikaners in South Africa and Namibia, including others in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Here is a short history of Afrikaans.<\/p>\n

It is richly formed from elements of German, Malay, Portuguese, Bantu and Khoisa languages but is heavily based on Dutch as well.<\/p>\n

The History of Afrikaans<\/h3>\n

There are many speculations about the history of Afrikaans, however, it is believed that the earliest Dutch, who occupied the ancient South Africa in the early 17th<\/sup> century, would have settled down in the southern part of Africa with some form of their culture adopted by the locals.<\/p>\n

A fraction of the Dutch culture that was adopted was Afrikaans which began to flourish with the establishment of Apartheid in the pre-independent South Africa. This is not to say that Afrikaans is purely Dutch, but that over 90% of Afrikaans vocabulary is rooted in Dutch words.<\/p>\n

From the 18th<\/sup> to early 20th<\/sup> century, Afrikaans started to take shape from the European Dutch to become a distinct language tapping from the beauty of languages such as Malay and Portuguese among others. Despite being regarded in proper Dutch as an uncivilized or incorrect form of Dutch, socio-linguists and researchers have regarded Afrikaans as a language with more regular grammar and spelling when compared with the European Dutch.<\/p>\n

This concludes our little history of Afrikaans. If you’d like to know more about it, see the Wikipedia page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Dialects of Afrikaans<\/h4>\n

There are three different but major dialects of Afrikaans. They are Eastern Border Afrikaans, Orange River Afrikaans and Cape Afrikaans.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Boarder Afrikaans generated from the settlers who migrated to the Natal in the East of South Africa, from South African\u2019s Cape Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Also called Afrikaans of the Orange River (oranjerivierafrikaans<\/em>), this dialect was created from the influence of the languages spoken in Griqualand and Namakwaland, notably the Khoi languages.<\/p>\n

Cape Afrikaans or Kaapse Afrikaan <\/em>developed from Malay and loose Portuguese, spoken by the Malay slaves in the Cape Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Selected Afrikaans Sentences, Phrases and Words<\/h4>\n

Here are selected Afrikaans sentences and phrases:<\/p>\n