Words similar to afrikaans
Example sentences for: afrikaans
How can you use “afrikaans” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Slegs is one of the relatively few items marked in the DOSAE as Afrikaans, rather than English.
The high proportion of Afrikaans words has frequently been singled out for comment by critics.
According to the Branfords' own calculations (made in 1988) the source languages for items in the DOSAE were 48 per cent Dutch/Afrikaans; 29 per cent English (i.e., neologisms); 11 per cent Bantu languages, and 12 per cent other.
Many of the Afrikaans words in DOSAE are similarly illustrated from examples involving bilingual word play by creative writers.
It was created to meet an urgent need for a common language between those using the European-derived Afrikaans, English, German, or Portuguese on the one hand and, on the other, the speakers of the numerous African tongues from the Angoni in Malawi to the Zulus in Natal, all of whom worked together in the diamond diggings, gold mines, and farms of the whole of southern Africa, including Mozambique and what are now Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
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