«Աֆրիկաանս»–ի խմբագրումների տարբերություն

 

<!-- '''Afrikaans''' is a [[Languages of South Africa|South African language]] originating from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] spoken by settlers in Africa in the seventeenth century.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Niesler|Louw|Roux|2005|p= 459}}</ref> Despite the fact that Afrikaans developed in [[Africa]] and is unique to the region, it is classified as [[Low Franconian languages|Low Franconian]] [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] due to the fact that it originates from Dutch. Aside from English, Afrikaans deviates the furthest from the grammars of the other Germanic languages.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Harbert|2007|p= 16}}</ref> It is mainly spoken in [[South Africa]] and [[Namibia]], with smaller populations of speakers living in [[Australia]], [[Botswana]], [[Canada]], [[Lesotho]], [[Malawi]], [[New Zealand]], [[Swaziland]], the [[United States]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]] <ref name="ethnologue">{{Harvcoltxt|Lewis|2009}}</ref> Most, if not all, Afrikaans speaking people living outside of Africa are emigrants who have left South Africa. Due to [[emigration]] and migrant labour, there are possibly over 100,000 Afrikaans speakers in the [[United Kingdom]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} It is the primary language used by two ethnic groups in South Africa: the [[Afrikaner|Afrikaans people]] (Afrikaners) and the [[Coloured]]s (in Afrikaans: ''kleurlinge'' or ''bruinmense''–including [[Basters]], [[Cape Malays]] and [[Griqua]]).