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Where is Afrikaans spoken?

• Afrikaans is one of eleven official languages spoken in South Africa.
• It is spoken to a lesser extent in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
• Afrikaans is spoken by nearly 13.35% (5,983,420) of the South African population.
• Key Dialects: Cape Afrikaans (considered the standard, Orange River Afrikaans (or Northwestern Afrikaans), East Cape Afrikaans (or Southwestern Afrikaans)
• Although the language is mostly derived from Holland variety Dutch, there is linguistic borrowing from Malay, Bantu languages, Khoisan languages, Portuguese, and other European languages.

Source

• http://www.ritell.org/resources/documents/language%20project/afrikaans.pdf
• UCLA Language Materials Project, n.d
• Central Intelligence Agency, 2012
• www.ethnologue.com

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