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Name:
Afrikaans
Type:
Language
Spoken in:
Australia, Malawi, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, New Zealand, Zambia, Canada, Zimbabwe, Lesotho
Number of speakers:
4,740,000 in South Africa (2006), decreasing. Population total all countries: 4,934,950
(Ethnologue)
Code:
afr
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Language:
Dutch; Dutch (Limburg); Dutch-Flemish; Nederlands; Hollands; Vlaam; Niederländisch (nld)
Child Dialects:
East Cape Afrikaans (afr-eas)
Cape Afrikaans; West Cape Afrikaans (afr-cap)
Orange River Afrikaans (afr-ora)
Map of Afrikaans
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