Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/

Proper noun

1. A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Baster) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.
2. A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.

Synonyms

• (Afrikaans person) Afrikaner

Translations

• French: afrikaans
• German: Afrikaans
• Italian: afrikaans
• Portuguese: africâner (Brazil), africânder (Portugal)
• Russian: африка́анс
• Spanish: afrikáans

Adjective

Afrikaans (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

Translations

• Portuguese: africânder
• Russian: африка́анс

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