Afrikaans

American  

[af-ri-kahns, -kahnz] / ˌæf rɪˈkɑns, -ˈkɑnz /

noun

1. Also called the Taal.  an official language of South Africa, developed out of the speech of 17th-century settlers from Holland and still very like Dutch.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Afrikaans or Afrikaners.

Afrikaans British  

/ ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns, -ˈkɑːnz /

noun

1. Sometimes called: South African Dutch.  one of the official languages of the Republic of South Africa, closely related to Dutch

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Etymology

Origin of Afrikaans

1895–1900; < Dutch, equivalent to Afrikaan native of Africa + -s -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Her parents worked for a white family that spoke Afrikaans, the language of the Dutch settlers.

From Barron's

She only began three years ago, with a cabbage crop, and to help she uses an app called AI-Farmer, which recognises several South African languages, including Sesotho, isiZulu and Afrikaans, to help solve various problems.

From BBC

"We know a large number of Afrikaans speakers are people of colour," says Pillay.

From BBC

Their language, Afrikaans, is quite similar to Dutch.

From BBC

He attended the University of Cape Town and joined a group of Afrikaans poets and writers called the Sestigers, who wanted to highlight the beauty of the language while critiquing the racist apartheid regime.

From BBC