Afrikaans Germanic European Indo Natural Languages Linguistics

Afrikaans is a Low-Franconian-Germanic member of the Indo-European language family spoken by at least 6.3 million speakers worldwide though mainly concentrated in South Africa but also found in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia and Zambia.

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• - Article on the development of the language and its notable characteristics, contrasted with Dutch.
  
• - Various translations of the "Our Father" prayer, and other religious texts.
  
• - An introduction to the language and its present political status.
  
• - A bibliography divided into three sections: general/collective; grammars, textbooks and readers; dictionaries.
  
• - Comparison of Afrikaans and Dutch modal particles.
  
• - Useful words and phrases for travelers, arranged by category, and a pronunciation guide.
  
  

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