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Derived primarily from High Dutch and German not Dutch
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'''Afrikaans''' is the language of the Afrikaners of [[South Africa]], who form about 56% of that country's Caucasian population. It is a descendant of [[Dutch]] and is sometimes classified as a dialect of it.
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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 High Dutch and [[German]], as well as acquiring its double negative from [[French]] (the double negative was absent in both German and High Dutch).
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It has also borrowed words from Malay and English.
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==Sources==
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*[http://www.dr-fnlee.org/docs3/ca/ca.pdf]- The Christian Afrikaners. A lecture by Dr.Lee (a Professor of Calvinism)
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[[category:Germanic languages]]
 
[[category:Germanic languages]]
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