Afrikaans leid
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Afrikaans is a Wast Germanic leid, mainly spoken in Sooth Africae and Namibie. It is a dochter leid o Dutch, originatin in its 17t century dialects, collectively referred tae as Cape Dutch.[n 1] Although Afrikaans borrowed frae leids such as Malay, Portuguese, the Bantu leids or the Khoisan leids, an estimatit 90 tae 95 percent o Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately o Dutch origin.[n 2]
Wi aboot 6 million native speakers in Sooth Africae, or 13.3 percent o the population, it is the third maist spoken mither tongue in the kintra.[1][2] It haes the widest geographical an racial distribution o aw offeecial leids, an is widely spoken an unnerstood as a seicont or third leid.[n 3] It is the majority leid o the wastren half o Sooth Africae—the provinces o the Northren Cape an Westren Cape—an the primary leid o the coloured an white communities.[n 4] In neighbourin Namibie, Afrikaans is spoken in 11 percent o hooseholds, mainly concentratit in the caipital Windhoek an the soothren regions o Hardap an Karas.[n 5] Widely spoken as a seicont leid, it is a lingua franca o Namibie.[n 6]
While the number o total speakers o Afrikaans is unkent, estimates range atween 15 an 23 million.[n 7]
[edit] Grammar
In the grammar o Afrikaans, thare's nae sindry atween the infinitive an praisent forms o verbs, wi the exception o the verbs 'to be' and 'to have':
| infinitive form | present indicative form | Dutch | Scots | German |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wees | is | zijn (imperative: wees) | be | sein |
| hê | het | hebben | hae | haben |
An aw, verbs dinna conjugate differently depending on the subject. For ensaumple,
| Afrikaans | Dutch | Scots | German |
|---|---|---|---|
| ek is | ik ben | A am | ich bin |
| jy/u is | jij/u bent | you/ye are (sing.) | du bist (informal sing.) |
| hy/sy/dit is | hij/zij/het is | he/she/it is | er/sie/es ist |
| ons is | wij zijn | we are | wir sind |
| julle is | jullie zijn | youse/yese are (plur.) | ihr seid (informal pl.) |
| hulle is | zij zijn | thay are | Sie (formal sing. & pl.)/sie sind |
[edit] References
- ↑ Census 2001 - Home language. Statistics Sooth Africae. Retrieved on 2 Februar 2010. .
- ↑ Census 2001: Primary tables Sooth Africae: Census 1996 an 2001 compared. Statistics Sooth Africae. Statistics Sooth Africae (2001).
- ↑ Afrikaans is a dochhter leid o Dutch; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb.
Afrikaans wis historically cawed Cape Dutch; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb.
Afrikaans is rootit in seiventeenth century dialects o Dutch; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb.
Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised leid, or a deviant variety o Dutch; see Template:Harvnb. - ↑ Afrikaans borrowed frae ither languages such as Portuguese, Malay, Bantu and Khoisan languages; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb.
90 to 95 percent of Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately of Dutch origin; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb - ↑ It haes the widest geographical an racial distribution o aw offeecial leids; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb. It haes bi far the lairgest geographical distribution; see Template:Harvnb.
It is widely spoken an unnerstood as a seicont or third leid; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb.
An estimatit 40 percent hae at least a basic level o communication; see Template:Harvnb Template:Harvnb. - ↑ Accordin tae the 2001 census, 79.5% o the so-cawed coloured community uised Afrikaans as hame leid, 59.1% o the white population, 1.7% o the Indian population an 0.7% o the black population.
For the geographical distribution o Afrikaans; see an aa Afrikaans speakin population in Sooth Africae. - ↑ Afrikaans is spoken in 11 percent o Namibian hooseholds; see Template:Harvnb. In the Hardap Region it is spoken in 44 percent o hooseholds, in the Karas Region bi 40 percent o households, in the Khomas Region bi 24 percent o hooseholds; see Census Indicators, 2001 an click through tae "Regional indicators".
- ↑ Some 85 percent o Namibians can understand Afrikaans; see Template:Harvnb.
There ar 152,000 native speakers o Afrikaans in Namibie; see Template:Harvnb.
Afrikaans is a lingua franca o Namibie; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb. - ↑ What follows ar estimations. Afrikaans haes 16.3 million speakers; see Template:Harvnb. Afrikaans haes a total o 16 million speakers; see Template:Harvnb. Aboot 9 million fowk speak Afrikaans as a seicond or third leid; see Template:Harvnb, Template:Harvnb. Afrikaans haes ower 5 million native speakers an 15 million seicont leid speakers; see Template:Harvnb. Afrikaans haes aboot 6 million native an 16 million seicont leid speakers; see Template:Harvnb. In Sooth Africa, ower 23 million fowk speak Afrikaans, o which a third ar first-language speakers; see Template:Harvnb. L2 "Black Afrikaans" is spoken, wi different degrees o fluency, bi an estimated 15 million; see Template:Harvnb.
