Topic:Afrikaans

Afrikaans Language Division

Welcome to the Afrikaans Language Division of the Schools of Language and Literature and Linguistics.

In this language division the focus is on the Germanic language Afrikaans. Ultimately resources on the language will be posted here.

Afrikaans is a Germanic language closely related to Dutch and is spoken in Southern Africa in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia. The language stems from 17th century Dutch and has been influenced by local African languages as well as languages spoken by other immigrants to the 17th century Cape region - German, French and Malay.