Afrikaans is a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia, with direct Dutch influence, a language derived from the Indo-European Germanic group. Afrikaans developed during Dutch colonization in some African countries.
Also known as Africanse, Afrikaans or Afrikaans, this language is predominantly spoken by the Afrikaners (originally known as Boers), an ethnic group present in South Africa and who descend from the European settlers who occupied this region between the 17th and 18th centuries, such as Germans, French and Dutchmen.
Currently, it is estimated that there are approximately 15,000 Afrikaans speakers worldwide. This language is regarded as the mother tongue of at least 11 different African cultural groups.
The origin of this language goes back to the interaction between European settlers and natives of the region, as well as groups of Asians who went to South Africa as workers.
Afrikaans is considered one of the easiest branches of the Germanic language group to learn, due to the simplicity of its grammar (simpler than English itself, for example).
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