Langenesis

Indo-European family

Afrikaans

c. 1700 CE – today Living

Afrikaans (c. 1700 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → … → Middle Dutch → Dutch → Afrikaans.

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Speakers
7.2M (7,200,000)
ISO 639-3
afr
Glottocode
afri1274

Developed from 17th-century Dutch dialects in the Cape Colony, with Malay, Portuguese, Khoekhoe and Bantu influence. Recognized as a separate language in 1925.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
  4. Old Dutchc. 500 CE – 1150 CE
  5. Middle Dutchc. 1150 CE – 1500 CE
  6. Dutch1500 CE – today
  7. Afrikaansc. 1700 CE – today

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