Afrikaans

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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.

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Generate an image of Afrikaans (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.)

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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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (288)

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 ⓘ