Afrikaans

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[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrikaans

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[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌɑːfrɪˈkɑːnz/
Rhymes: -ɑːnz

[edit] Proper noun

Singular
Afrikaans

Plural
-

Afrikaans

A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.
A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.

[edit] Synonyms

(Afrikaans person) Afrikaner

[edit] Translations

language

Afrikaans: Afrikaans af(af)
Albanian: afrikane sq(sq)
Amharic: አፍሪካንኛ am(am) (afrikanënja)
Arabic: لغة أفريكانية ar(ar) f.
Aragonese: afrikaans an(an)
Armenian: աֆրիկանս hy(hy) (afrikans)
Asturian: afrikaans ast(ast)
Belarusian: афрыкаанс be(be)
Bengali: আফ্রিকান্স ভাষা bn(bn)
Bosnian: afrikanski bs(bs) m., afrikans bs(bs) m.
Catalan: afrikaans ca(ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 南非語 cmn(cmn), 南非语 (nánfēi yǔ)
Cornish: Afrikaans kw(kw)
Croatian: afrikaans hr(hr) m., afrikanski jezik hr(hr)
Czech: afrikánština cs(cs) f.
Danish: afrikaans da(da)
Dutch: Afrikaans nl(nl) n.
Dutch Low Saxon: Afrikaans

Esperanto: Afrikansa lingvo eo(eo)
Estonian: afrikaani keel et(et), buuri keel et(et)
Finnish: afrikaans fi(fi)
French: afrikaans fr(fr) m.
Galician: afrikaans gl(gl)
German: Afrikaans de(de) n.
Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (āfrikāniska razda)

Hindi: [[अफ़्रीकी#Hindi|Template:deva]] hi(hi)
Hungarian: afrikaans hu(hu)
Icelandic: afríkanska is(is) f., afríkaans is(is)
Ido: linguo Afrikaansa io(io), Afrikaansa io(io)
Indonesian: bahasa Afrikaans id(id)
Interlingua: afrikaans ia(ia)
Interlingue: lingue afrikaans ie(ie), afrikaans ie(ie)
Irish: Afracáinis ga(ga) f.
Italian: afrikaans it(it)
Japanese: アフリカーンス語 ja(ja) (afurikānsu-go)
Kashubian: afrikanersczi jãzëk csb(csb)
Kazakh: африкаанс тілі kk(kk), бур тілі kk(kk)
Khmer: ភាសាអាហ្វ្រីក km(km) (phiasa afrik)
Korean: 아프리칸스어 ko(ko) (apeurikanseu-eo)
Kurdish: afrîkansî ku(ku), afrîkaansî ku(ku)
Kyrgyz: африкаанс тили ky(ky) (afrikaans tili), бур тили ky(ky) (boer tili)
Latin: lingua la(la) Africana
Ligurian: lèngoa afrikaans

Lithuanian: afrikanų lt(lt), afrikanų kalba lt(lt), afrikanerių kalba lt(lt), būrų kalba lt(lt)
Low Saxon: Afrikaans nds(nds)

Luxembourgish: Afrikanesch lb(lb)
Malay: bahasa ms(ms) Afrikaans
Malayalam: ആഫ്രിക്കാന്‍സ് ml(ml) (aphrikkaans)
Maltese: L-Afrikan mt(mt)
Moksha: африканеронь (afrikaneronj)

, африкандеронь (afrikanderonj) , буронь (boeronj)

Mongolian: африк хэл mn(mn) (afrik khel)
Nahuatl: afrikaantlahtōlli nah(nah), africatlahtōlli nah(nah), africatlahtolli nah(nah)
Navajo: Afrikaaner Dineʼé bizaad

Nepali: अफ्रिकाली ne(ne) (aphrikali)
Northern Sami: afrikánsagiella

Northern Sotho: Seafrikanse

Norwegian: afrikaans no(no)

Nynorsk: afrikaans nn(nn)
Novial: afrikansum

Occitan: africans oc(oc)
Persian: آفریکانس (āfrikâns), زبان آفریکانس fa(fa), زبان آفریکانس fa(fa) (zaban-e aafrikaans), زبان آفریکانز fa(fa) (zaban-e aafrikaanz)
Polish: afrykanerski pl(pl)
Portuguese: africâner pt(pt) (Brazil), africânder pt(pt) (Portugal)
Romanian: afrikaans ro(ro)
Russian: африкаанс ru(ru) (afrikáans) m.
Samogitian: afrėkanu kalba

, afrėkanū ruoda

Scottish Gaelic: Afragàns gd(gd)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: африканс sr(sr) m., африкански sr(sr) m.

Roman: afrikans sr(sr) m., afrikanski sr(sr) m.
Sicilian: afrikaans scn(scn)
Silesian: godka afrikaans

Slovak: afrikánčina sk(sk)
Slovene: afrikaans sl(sl), afrikanščina sl(sl)
Somali: af Afrikaanays so(so)
Sotho: Seburu st(st), Seafrekanse st(st)
Spanish: afrikáans es(es)
Swati: siBhunu ss(ss)
Swedish: afrikaans sv(sv)
Tagalog: Afrikaans tl(tl)
Tigrinya: አፍሪቃንሰኛ ti(ti) (afrikansënja)
Tongan: lea faka-Afrika

Tswana: Seburu tn(tn)
Turkish: Afrikanca tr(tr), Afrikaans tr(tr), Afrikaner tr(tr)
Upper Sorbian: afrikanšćina hsb(hsb)
Urdu: ایفریکان ur(ur) (êfrikaan), افریکان ur(ur) (êfrikaans), ایفریکانس ur(ur) (afrikaan), ایفریکانز ur(ur) (êfrikaanz)
Venetian: afrikaans

Vietnamese: Afrikaans vi(vi), tiếng Afrikaans vi(vi), tiếng Hà lan ở Kếp vi(vi)
Volapük: Frikopänapük vo(vo)
West Frisian:

Saterland: Afrikoansk

West Frisian: Afrikaansk fy(fy) n.
Xhosa: isiBhulu xh(xh), isiAfrikansi xh(xh)
Yiddish: אפריקאנס yi(yi) (afrikans)
Zulu: isAfrikansi zu(zu), isiBhunu zu(zu)

Afrikaner

Czech: Afrikánec cs(cs) m.
Dutch: Afrikaner nl(nl) m., Zuid-Afrikaan nl(nl) m.
Finnish: afrikaaneri fi(fi)
French: Afrikaans fr(fr) m. and f.
German: Afrikander de(de) m.

Irish: Afracánach m.
Italian: afrikander, sudafricano
Korean: 아프리카너 (apeurikaneo)
Portuguese: africânder pt(pt) c.
Slovak: Afrikánec sk(sk)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

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Arabic: أفريقانية (’afriqaníyya) f.
Azeri: Африкаанс (Afrikaans)
Basque: afrikaans eu(eu), afrikarra eu(eu), afrikaansa eu(eu)
Breton: afrikaans br(br), afrikaneg br(br)
Bulgarian: Африкански bg(bg) (Afrikanski), африкаанс bg(bg)
Emiliano-Romagnolo: afrikaans
Faeroese: Afríska fo(fo), afrikaans mál fo(fo)
Georgian: აფრიკაანსი ka(ka), აფრიკული ka(ka) (aphrikoeli)
Hindi: [[अफ़्ररीकांस#Hindi|Template:deva]] hi(hi) (afrīkā.ns)
Latvian: Afrikandu lv(lv), afrikāņu valoda lv(lv)
Macedonian: Африкански mk(mk) (Afrikanski), Африканс mk(mk), африкански јазик mk(mk) (afrikanski jazik)
Maltese: Afrikans mt(mt), Afrikaans mt(mt)
Mandarin Chinese: 南非荷兰语 (nánfēi hélányǔ)
Sorbian: Afrikaans
Swahili: Kiafrikans sw(sw), Kiafrikaans sw(sw), Kiafrikana sw(sw)
Tamil: ஆப்பிரிக்கான்ஸ ta(ta) (āppirikkans), ஆபிரிக்கான மொழி ta(ta), ஆபிரிக்கான் ta(ta) (aapirikkaan)
Tatar: Африканц tt(tt) (Afrikants), afrikaner tele tt(tt), afrikander tele tt(tt), bur tele tt(tt)
Thai: ภาษาอัฟริกาน th(th) (paasăa àfrígaan), ภาษาอัฟริกันส์ th(th) (paasăa àfrígan), ภาษาแอฟริคานส์ th(th), ภาษาแอฟริกา th(th) (phasaa êfrika)
Ukrainian: африканс uk(uk) (afrikans), Африкаанс uk(uk), африкаанс uk(uk) (afrykaans)
Welsh: Affricaneg cy(cy), Afrikaans cy(cy)

[edit] Adjective

Afrikaans (not comparable)

Positive
Afrikaans

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

[edit] Translations

of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language

Czech: afrikánský cs(cs)
Dutch: Afrikaans nl(nl)
Finnish: afrikaansin fi(fi) kielinen fi(fi)

Portuguese: africânder pt(pt) c.
Russian: африкаанс ru(ru) (afrikáans) m.
Slovak: afrikánsky sk(sk)

[edit] See also

Afrikaans edition of Wiktionary

Category:Afrikaans language for words in Afrikaans
ISO 639-1 code af, ISO 639-3 code afr (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Afrikaans, afr
Afrikaans–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary

[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /aːfrɪkaːns/

[edit] Proper noun

Afrikaans

The Afrikaans language.

[edit] Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Afrikaans

Wikipedia ^nl

[edit] Etymology

From Afrika, ‘Africa’ + -aans.

[edit] Pronunciation

(Belgium) IPA: /ɑf.ri.ˈkaːns/

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(Netherlands) IPA: /aːf.ʀi.ˈkaːns/

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Hyphenation: Afri‧kaans

[edit] Adjective

Afrikaans, Afrikaanse (not comparable)

African

[edit] Proper noun

Afrikaans n.

Afrikaans (language)

[edit] Usage notes

Because "Afrikaans" is ambiguously "African" as well as referring to the language, Zuid-Afrikaans is often used instead.

[edit] Synonyms

Zuid-Afrikaans

[edit] Related terms

Afrika

Afrikaans

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