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Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language that developed at the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch spoken by settlers of the Dutch East India Company, with influence from Malay, Portuguese, Khoekhoe and other languages. It was recognised as an official language of South Africa in place of Dutch in 1925. Today it is one of South Africa's official languages and is also widely spoken in Namibia.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Afrikaans. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/afrikaans
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