In this video, we compare some of the similarities between Afrikaans and Indonesian, with Philip, an Afrikaans speaker from South Africa, and Firman, an Indonesian speaker from Indonesia. The Indonesian language has been influenced by many other languages, and Dutch has been one of the major languages to influence bahasa Indonesia. While the Afrikaans language evolved from Dutch and is considered daughter language of Dutch. If you live in Toronto or the surrounding areas, speak a language that has not been featured on our channel and would like to participate in a future video, and/or if you have any suggestions or feedback, please contact us on Instagram:
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Indonesian is a standardized register of Malay and the official language of Indonesia. Indonesia is a multi-lingual country and most Indonesians speak another language, however, the Indonesian language is used as a lingua franca. Indonesian is also recognized as minority language in East Timor.
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Having evolved from Dutch, the language was spoken by the Dutch settlers, and then by the native Africans who associated with them. Over the course of time, Afrikaans adopted words from other languages, such as the Khoisan languages and even from Indonesian through the Cape Malay community in Cape Town.
Around 90% of the Afrikaans language consists of Dutch words, and it is estimated that the number of Dutch words in the Indonesian language are far more than the ones from the other languages which have impacted Indonesian such as English, Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, and Persian.
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