Cape Dutch
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Cape Dutch, also commonly known as Cape Afrikaners, were a historic socioeconomic class of Afrikaners who lived in the Western Cape during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The terms have been
John Gilbert Kotze
Christoffel Brand, proponent for a Cape Dutch ethnic consciousness
Front page of an issue of the Afrikaanse Patriot
Dutch language
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Dutch is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic l
Cape Dutch
…Cape Dutch Kaapsche Hollanders (Dutch) Left to right: David Graaff, Marie Koopmans-de Wet, Christoffel Brand, John Gilbert Kotzé were all prominent Cape Dutch figures. Regions with significant…
Book of Genesis 1 in Dutch
The Utrecht baptismal vow
Title page of the Statenvertaling (1637) reads: Biblia ... Uyt de Oorspronckelijcke talen in onse Neder-landtsche tale getrouwelijck over-geset. (English: From the Original languages into our Dutch language faithfully translated.)
Indonesia did not adopt the Dutch language after independence. However, the Indonesian language is heavily influenced by Dutch. Seen here is kantor pos (from the Dutch postkantoor), meaning post office.