Afrikaans

E5797

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia, originating from 17th-century Dutch and influenced by various African and Asian languages.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Dutch
Flemish
developedFrom Dutch
developedInCentury 17th century
developedInRegion Cape Colony
hasDialect Cape Afrikaans
Eastern Border Afrikaans
linked to: Afrikaans

Orange River Afrikaans
hasFeature double negation in standard usage
simplified verb conjugation
hasGrammarType analytic language
hasISO639-1Code af
hasISO639-2Code afr
hasISO639-3Code afr
hasNativeName Afrikaans
hasStandardForm Standard Afrikaans
linked to: Afrikaans
influencedBy Bantu languages
English
French
German
Khoisan languages
Malay
Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
languageBranch West Germanic languages
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European languages
officialStatusIn Namibia
South Africa
originatesFrom 17th-century Dutch
primaryCountry Namibia
South Africa
recognizedAsDistinctLanguageFrom Dutch
regulatingBody Taalkommissie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns
spokenIn Australia
Botswana
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
Zimbabwe
subclassOf Germanic language
Indo-European language
usedByEthnicGroup Afrikaners
Coloureds in South Africa
usedInDomain education in South Africa
literature
media in South Africa
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (136)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afrikaners language Afrikaans
Afrikaners culturalSymbol Afrikaans language
linked to: Afrikaans
Dutch closelyRelatedTo Afrikaans
Dutch ancestorOf Afrikaans
South Africa officialLanguage Afrikaans
Afrikaans hasStandardForm Standard Afrikaans
linked to: Afrikaans
Afrikaans hasDialect Eastern Border Afrikaans
linked to: Afrikaans
N. P. van Wyk Louw influenced Afrikaans literature
linked to: Afrikaans
Western Cape officialLanguage Afrikaans
Northern Cape officialLanguage Afrikaans
Transvaal officialLanguage Afrikaans
Namibia recognizedLanguage Afrikaans
Proto-Germanic ancestorOf Afrikaans
Proto-West Germanic ancestorOf Afrikaans
Xhosa hasInfluenceFrom Afrikaans
Shona hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Afrikaans
Nicholas hasLanguageOfUse Afrikaans language
linked to: Afrikaans
Day of the Vow languageOfName Afrikaans
National Party officialLanguageUse Afrikaans
subject linked to: NP
Annie Botha languageUsed Afrikaans
Wikinews hasLanguageEdition Afrikaans Wikinews
linked to: Afrikaans
P. W. Botha languageSpoken Afrikaans
F. W. de Klerk languageSpoken Afrikaans
Centurion languageMajority Afrikaans
South African languageUsed Afrikaans
Louw usedInLanguage Afrikaans
Dertigers language Afrikaans
Alleenspraak language Afrikaans
Hertzog Prize for Poetry associatedWith Afrikaans language
linked to: Afrikaans
Khoe languages areContactWith Afrikaans
Pieter languageOfUse Afrikaans
Knysna languageUsed Afrikaans
John languageOfUse Afrikaans
Roodepoort languageMajority Afrikaans
Springs languageMajority Afrikaans
Raka language Afrikaans
Jan Smuts languageSpoken Afrikaans
Vaal River languageOfName Afrikaans
Die ysterkoei moet sweet literaryTradition Afrikaans literature
subject linked to: "Die ysterkoei moet sweet"
linked to: Afrikaans
Katastrofes language Afrikaans
subject linked to: "Katastrofes"
Joel usedInLanguage Afrikaans
Breyten languageOfOrigin Afrikaans