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Afrikaans, n. and a.|æfrɪˈkɑːns|
Also (rarely) Africaans.
[= Du. Afrikaansch (now written Afrikaans): see African and -ish.]
A. n. The modified form of Dutch spoken in South Africa. Formerly also called Cape Dutch, South African Dutch, the taal.
[1900A. H. Keane Boer States p. xix, Taal, Cape Dutch, called by the Netherlanders Afrikaansch.] 1908East London Dispatch 20 Oct. 4 (Pettman), I have always regarded (high) Dutch as my mother tongue and Africaans (low Dutch) as a hodge-pot sort of a language. 1921Glasgow Herald 21 July 4 The dream of the young Dutch Nationalist is of a great Dutch South African Republic, the language of which would be Afrikaans. 1925Times 25 Mar. 13/2 Afrikaans, the South African form of the Dutch language,..had been introduced in schools and churches in South Africa, and there were now proposals that it should become the official language of the Union, side by side with English. 1952[see Afrikaner 1].
Comb.1946Mind LV. 45 In South Africa among the Afrikaans-speaking community (‘the Dutch’).
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating the Afrikaans language or the Afrikaans-speaking people (cf. Afrikaner 1).
1923J. Reynolds (title) Maskew Miller's Afrikaans Exercises for Secondary Schools. 1927Off. Year Bk. of S. Afr. 16 At present German origin seems acceptable in the case of only a few Afrikaans words. Ibid., It has been calculated that the proportion of German blood in the Afrikaans colonists up to the year 1806 was about 27 per cent. Ibid. 22 The Afrikaans language..enjoys complete official recognition to-day. 1935Times 8 Nov. 13/3 The Afrikaner Broederbond, originally a laudable society interested in Afrikaans culture..but now a secret society aiming for an independent Afrikaans form of government. 1948Cape Times 25 Aug. 3 The Cape Town Afrikaanse Sakekamer (Afrikaans Chamber of Commerce). |