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Af⋅ri⋅kaans

[af-ri-kahns, -kahnz]
–noun
1. Also called the Taal. an official language of South Africa, developed out of the speech of 17th-century settlers from Holland and still very like Dutch.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Afrikaans or Afrikaners.

Origin:
1895–1900; < D, equiv. to Afrikaan native of Africa + -s -ish 1
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Af·ri·kaans   (āf'rĭ-käns', -känz')   
n.  A language that developed from 17th-century Dutch and is an official language of South Africa. Also called Taal2.
adj.  Of or relating to Afrikaans or Afrikaners.

[Afrikaans, from Dutch Afrikaansch, African, from Latin Āfricānus; see Afrikaner.]
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