Afrikaans (Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Indo-European/Germanic/Afrikaans)
up AfrikaansAfrikaans is a Low-Franconian-Germanic member of the Indo-European language family spoken by at least 6.3 million speakers worldwide though mainly concentrated in South Africa but also found in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia and Zambia.EntriesAfrikaans Language Museum - Afrikaanse Taal Museum http://www.taalmuseum.co.za/ Information about the museum (where the Association of True Afrikaners was founded in 1875) and a survey of the social history and present-day role of the language. Afrikaans http://www.ned.univie.ac.at/publicaties/taalgeschiedenis/en/afrikaans.htm Article on the development of the language and its notable characteristics, contrasted with Dutch. Afrikaans vir Reisigers (English) http://www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-bin/langchoice.cgi?lang1=english&lang2=afrikaans&page=main Useful words and phrases for travelers, arranged by category, and a pronunciation guide. Pater Noster - Afrikaans http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-afrikaans.html Various translations of the "Our Father" prayer, and other religious texts. A Beginners' Guide to Offline Language Materials: Afrikaans http://www.sassisch.net/rhahn/lowlands/afrikaans_offline.htm A bibliography divided into three sections: general/collective; grammars, textbooks and readers; dictionaries. Related categoriesGerman Afrikaans gehört zu den westlichen der germanischen Sprachen und ist somit ein Mitglied der indogermanischen Sprachfamilie. Entwickelt hat sich diese Sprache etwa seit dem 17. Jahrhundert, und zwar Swedish Afrikaans Webwerwe in Afrikaans of deels in Afrikaans. Dictionaries Pidgin and Creole Languages This is for Afrikaans-based pidgins and creoles. Some have claimed that Afrikaans is a Dutch-based South Africa The Republic of South Africa is located at the southern tip of Africa. It is a member of the British Commonwealth and Neigbour categoriesDanish Danish is an East Scandinavian member of the Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family spoken by approximately 5.3 million people, principally concentrated in Denmark but also found in Dutch Dutch is a Low Franconian member of the Western-Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family spoken by approximately 20 million people worldwide, slightly more than half of which live in the English English is a West-Germanic member of the Indo-European language family spoken by 341 million people as a first language Faroese Faroese is the official language of the roughly 50,000 people living in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago about half-way between Scotland and Iceland. Faroese is closely related to Icelandic, and less Frisian Frisian is a West Germanic language still widely spoken in parts of the northern Netherlands (where it has official status), as well as by two very small (and disappearing) communities in northern German German is a Western-Germanic member of the Indo-European language family spoken by approximately 100 million first-language speakers and as many as 128 million people in as many as 40 countries. Gothic Gothic is an East-Germanic member of the Indo-European language family formerly spoken in Bulgaria, central Europe and Ukraine. The last known Icelandic Icelandic, also known as Íslenska, is a West-Scandinavian member of the Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family spoken by 230,000 people in Iceland and approximately 20,000 Low Saxon Also known as Low German or Plattdeutsch. A group of dialects spoken traditionally over much of northern Germany and in parts of the Netherlands and southern Denmark, as well as by some immigrant Norse Norse is a West-Scandanavian member of the Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family used in Norway by an unsurveyed number of people. Norse is also Norwegian Norwegian is a Danish-Bokmal member of the Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family spoken by approximately 5 million people mostly located in Norway. Norwegian is also known Scots Scots is a member of the West-Germanic-English subgroup of the Indo-European language family spoken by approximately 100,000 people in the Lowlands of Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland and the Swedish Swedish is an East-Scandinavian member of the Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family spoken by approximately 9 million people principally located in Sweden but with populations in Yiddish The Yiddish language, closely related to German but written in the Hebrew alphabet, is spoken by Northern and (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks) Thumbnails powered by Thumbshots |