>live in South Africa >can't speak afrikaans (fluently)

>>67509687
are you a nigger?

>>67509687
So like, explain Afrikaans to me. Who speaks it, where, and why? Isn't English the main language? For that matter where did it even come from? The Boers I know but how did it branch off of Dutch?

>>67509704
Nope, but English is my first language.

>>67509704
Probably an anglo

>>67509749
afrikaans is to dutch what english is to german

a baby version of the mother tongue bastardized by foreign influence

>>67509749
Dude Afrikaans is basically an old 'Zeeuws' Dutch accent.

It's basically Dutch.

>>67509749
>who speaks it
Afrikaans people speak it. They are a descendent of Dutch, Germans and French.

Mixed race "coloureds" also speak it.

>where
In the eastern part of South Africa, and also in Cape town by the Cape coloureds who have their own accent. Also in parts of Pretoria

>why
Why do we speak English? It's just their language

>how did it branch of from Dutch
I'm not too sure, but near isolation from other europeans for hundreds of years could definitely change a language.

>>67509858
*western

>>67509749
>Who speaks it
The majority of White South Africans, and the majority of mixed South Africans
>where
The green areas in OP's pic mostly, but there's speakers scattered thorughout the country as well as in Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe
>Why
The same reason you speak American English
Dutch was brought there by settlers and changed overtime
>Isn't English the main language?
English is the Lingua Franca, but no language is the "main language"
Basically, you English in public and whatever other language at home (Could be English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Sotho, etc.)
>For that matter where did it even come from? The Boers I know but how did it branch off of Dutch?
LANGUAGES FUCKING EVOLVE! WHY CAN'T YOU FUCKERS GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS?

>>67509780
English doesn't come from German

>implying anglos can into linguistics

>>67509897
>English is the lingua franca

Basically this. I don't even think 10% of people speak English as their native language.

>>67509780
You're retarded

how's life in ZA? race war about to kick off or what

OP, on a scale from 1-10, 10 being maximum and 1 being not, how racist are you?

>>67509918
>A South African validated one of my statements about South Africa
Yes, I have been studying for years, all leading up to this moment
Can I have a qt 3.14 white saffer gf to go to braais with now?

>>67509780
English doesn't come from German you idiot.

>>67509964
>>67509925
>>67509915
are you guys seriously completely unaware of the fact that English is a western germanic language or are you memeing on me

>>67509929
I don't leave home much, so who knows.
>>67509942
8.
>>67509961
Probably not
>>67510024
Isn't English heavily mixed with French? It's like a German-French creole language, not a germanic language

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>>67510024
Here, I'll help you out bub

>>67510070
What happened to burgundian and vandalic? Did they get genocided?

>>67510068
>Probably not
You're really stunting my dreams here, mate
Does being in the U.S. military increase or decrease my chances?

>>67510090
I think the Arabs kinda fucked over the Vandals
Not sure what happened with Burgundian, maybe it was just a gay name so they got kicked out of the club

>>67510070
>west germanic
thanks for proving me right

>>67510068
>Isn't English heavily mixed with French? It's like a German-French creole language, not a germanic language
kind of.
the grammar is still almost entirely germanic and a large part of our vocabularly is still germanic, or cognate with other germanic words

>>67510125
West Germanic =/= German, you dipshit
If you stuck someone speaking West Germanic in a room with someone speaking Standard German they wouldn't be able to understand each other
Languages evolve, and eventually become different language. West German and German are two completely different languages.

>>67509780
No way, Afrikaans is really really similar to Dutch.
Like Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.

>>67510068
Where do you live?

>american linguistic discussion
just spare us lads

>>67510068
Why so racist? Do you live surrounded only by whites?

>>67509780
Afrikaans is to Dutch what Norwegian is to Danish. They're practically the same language.