African vs Afrikaans - What's the difference?
african | afrikaans |
Of or pertaining to Africa.
A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
* 2007 , African Immigrant Religions in America (ISBN 0814762409):
A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. (w)) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.
A term sometimes used of people from South Africa and Namibia (who speak Afrikaans), more properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.
Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.
As adjectives the difference between african and afrikaans
is that african is of or pertaining to Africa while Afrikaans is of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.As a noun African
is a native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.As a proper noun Afrikaans is
a Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.african
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Alternative forms
* AfricAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* African elephant * African hemp * African marigold * African oak * African penguin * African teak * African violet * North African * South AfricanHyponyms
* Maghrebi * Congolese * Ethiopian * Ugandan * Zimbabwean * MozambicanNoun
(en noun)- Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.
