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Meanings of Afrikaans in English

Russian
бурский язык
Portuguese
africâner
Spanish
afrikáans
Catalan
afrikaans

West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa and Namibia.

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        бурский язык
        Portuguese
        africâner
        Catalan
        afrikaans

        An official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish.

              africâner
              Usage of Afrikaans in English
              1
              Read: More than an oppressor's language: reclaiming the hidden history of Afrikaans
              The South African
              2
              The fact that he speaks Afrikaans implies he is a South African.
              The South African
              3
              Also read: 24 Afrikaans idioms that are hilarious when translated into English
              The South African
              4
              Read also: 24 Afrikaans idioms that are hilarious when translated into English
              The South African
              5
              City Press is owned by Nasionale Pers, a powerful Afrikaans publishing company.
              The Irish Times
              6
              Difficult though, is getting enough investment to foster the arts in Afrikaans.
              The South African
              7
              Chances are everyone with an Afrikaans-speaking family member will recognise this sound.
              The South African
              8
              There is a revisionist line being debated in the Afrikaans press now.
              The Guardian
              9
              In the late 1940s, the medium of instruction was changed to Afrikaans.
              The South African
              10
              Lesufi, almost playfully, Tweeted a picture of an English to Afrikaans dictionary.
              The South African
              11
              This triumphant concrete structure celebrates the birth of Afrikaans in abstract grandiosity.
              The South African
              12
              It also helped spawn alternative Afrikaans rock music and the Voëlvry movement.
              The South African
              13
              After the big bang of democracy, Afrikaans went into hiding, a refugee.
              The South African
              14
              The video is in Afrikaans, but you get what it's about right?
              The South African
              15
              Linguistically, he worked through more than 140 languages, from Afrikaans to Zande.
              The Guardian
              16
              When we went to prison most of us were not speaking Afrikaans.
              The Guardian