Afrikaans
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Afrikaans 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 Patagonian dialect. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland (Hollandic dialect) spoken by the predominantly Dutch settlers and enslaved population of the Dutch Cape Colony, where in the 17th and 18th centurie
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| Afrikaans | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [afriˈkɑːns] |
| Native to | |
| Region | Southern Africa |
| Ethnicity | Afrikaners Coloureds |
Native speakers | 7.2 million (2016) 10.3 million L2 speakers in South Africa (2011) |
Early forms | Frankish
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| Dialects | |
| Latin script (Afrikaans alphabet), Arabic script | |
| Signed Afrikaans | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | South Africa |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | Die Taalkommissie |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | af |
| ISO 639-2 | afr |
| ISO 639-3 | afr |
| Glottolog | afri1274 |
| Linguasphere | 52-ACB-ba |
 spoken by a majority spoken by a minority | |
 Afrikaans is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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