Afrikaans language

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:South_African_Dutch
gptkb:Cape_Dutch
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkbp:creoleInfluence gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Malay
gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Khoisan_languages
English
Portuguese
gptkbp:derivedFrom gptkb:Dutch_language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Dutch_language
gptkb:Cape_Dutch
17th-century Dutch dialects
gptkbp:family gptkb:Indo-European_languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Afrikaans language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code af
gptkbp:ISO639-3 afr
gptkbp:linguisticTypology analytic
gptkbp:notableBook Afrikaans literature
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith partially mutually intelligible with Dutch
partially mutually intelligible with Flemish
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers approximately 7 million native speakers
approximately 10-15 million total speakers
gptkbp:recordedAt 19th century
gptkbp:region gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:regulates none (no official language regulator)
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Eswatini
gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:status official language of South Africa
official language of Namibia
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Germanic_languages
gptkbp:supportsLanguage af
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Coloureds_(South_Africa)
gptkb:Afrikaners
South African communities
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4