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'''Afrikaans''' is the language of the Afrikaners (and Cape Coloureds) of [[South Africa]], who form about 56% of that country's Caucasian population. It is derived from 17th century [[Dutch language|High Dutch]] and [[German language|German]], as well as acquiring its mandatory double negative from [[French language|French]] (the double negative was absent in both German and High Dutch).

'''Afrikaans''' is the language of the Afrikaners (and Cape Coloureds) of [[South Africa]], who form about 56% of that country's Caucasian population. It is derived from the South-Hollandic dialect of [[Dutch language|Dutch]], brought to southern Africa in the 17th Century.  It double negative structure acquired from [[French language|French]], (the double negative was absent in both German and modern Dutch, but present in Middle Dutch).

It has also borrowed words from Malay and English.  

It has also borrowed words from Malay.

 

In 1925, when Afrikaans replaced Dutch as one of the official languages of South Africa, a spelling system drafted by Roeland Anthonie Kollewijn was immediately adopted .  ''De spelling Kollewijn'' did not get government approval in the Netherlands, but many of his recommendations were implemented in later spelling reforms.  

==Sources==

==Sources==

*[http://www.dr-fnlee.org/docs3/ca/ca.pdf]- The Christian Afrikaners. A lecture by Dr.Lee (a Professor of Calvinism)  

*[http://www.dr-fnlee.org/docs3/ca/ca.pdf]- The Christian Afrikaners. A lecture by Dr.Lee (a Professor of Calvinism)  

 

[[category:Germanic languages]]

[[category:Germanic languages]]