tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post905205981564694284..comments2024-03-27T13:58:49.915+01:00Comments on Words and what not: Wikipedia in AfrikaansGerardMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14287269079265427282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-87932901066295057462008-07-13T07:14:00.000+02:002008-07-13T07:14:00.000+02:00Afrikaans is only spoken in Africa, it has been re...Afrikaans is only spoken in Africa, it has been recognised as a language in the ISO-639-1. It is not a dialect of Dutch; modern Dutch and Afrikaans share the same roots.<BR/><BR/>Given the message of my blog, when you are of the opinion that Afrikaans is not an African language, the situation of African language is even more dire.<BR/>Thanks,<BR/> GerardMGerardMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287269079265427282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-42222895374179183442008-07-13T00:23:00.000+02:002008-07-13T00:23:00.000+02:00Afrikaans is not Just a African language, actually...Afrikaans is not Just a African language, actually it is a European language commonly spoken by people in South Africa and Namibia (or something) It's a dialect from Dutch, the language spoken in The Netherlands. Greets, Matthias92 (on nl, en, af wikipedia and commons.) (See [http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruiker:Matthias92 Here] (if it works))Matthias92https://www.blogger.com/profile/08245799899454314650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-26103524338456172062008-07-11T07:10:00.000+02:002008-07-11T07:10:00.000+02:00Classical Arabic is a language that has its center...Classical Arabic is a language that has its center in the Middle East and as such it is not an African language to me. As such it is similar to English, French and Portuguese.GerardMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287269079265427282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046714.post-49697724480808177742008-07-11T03:45:00.000+02:002008-07-11T03:45:00.000+02:00Does your definition of "African language" include...Does your definition of "African language" include Arabic? I'll give you that Arabic has a "worldlier" status, but that still makes the statement odd to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com