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Afrikaans
Afrikaans, a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia, has a total of about 15 to 23 million speakers today. It evolved from several Dutch dialects when Dutch settlers moved into present- day South Africa. It is historically considered a daughter of the Dutch language, with 90-95% of its vocabulary originating from Dutch. In fact, the word “Afrikaans” in Dutch means Africa. There are also words that are from Portuguese, the Bantu languages, Malay, and the Khoisan languages.
Afrikaans, one of the official languages in South Africa, is the third most spoken mother tongue in the country with about 13.5% of its population speaking it natively.
Afrikaans Translation Services
Getting quality Afrikaans translation services in London is important to make sure your documents are accurate. Here are a few things you need to know.
While Afrikaans derives from and highly similar with Dutch, the two languages are not exactly the same. Their grammar and vocabulary differ.
STOMPI
S – v1 – T – O – M – P – I
(subject) (first verb) (time) (object) (manner) (place) (second verb) (infinitive)
Afrikaan nouns do not inflect and has no gender.
The phonetics is very similar to other West Germanic languages, like Dutch or Frisian.
The Afrikaans alphabet has 26 letters with many similarities to Dutch orthography.
One unique feature of the language that one needs to know when doing Afrikaans translation services is the use of initial apostrophes in some short words.
So, Here’s a quick lesson on speaking Afrikaans:
http://youtu.be/Ij6uz8ag3jA
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