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Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages. British English has absorbed Afrikaans words primarily via British soldiers who served in the Boer...

List of English words of Old English origin. English words of African origin List of English words of Afrikaans origin List of South African English regionalisms...

European language, are not listed here. See also: List of English words of Afrikaans origin and List of South African slang words Contents:  Top A B C D E...

The following list names English words that originate from African languages. Adinkra – from Akan, visual symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms...

This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. Many of them came via traders and soldiers from and in the...

This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as "Spanish loan words". Words typical of "Mock Spanish" used...

language. For internationally common English words of South African origin, see List of English words of Afrikaans origin. aikhona (informal) meaning ''no''...

This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Most of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meaning of some words have changed...

majority of Coloureds in South Africa speak Afrikaans. Those who speak English use the equivalent English words as slang. gam – derogatory term for Coloured...

This is a list of English words borrowed or derived from Portuguese (or Galician-Portuguese). The list also includes words derived from other languages...

Zimbabwe § Afrikaans List of Afrikaans language poets List of Afrikaans singers List of English words of Afrikaans origin South African Translators'...

primary mother-tongue, Afrikaans or English. A range of accents can be seen, with the majority of Coloureds showing a strong Afrikaans inflection. Similarly...

to 95% of Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately of Dutch origin, so there are few lexical differences between the two languages, however Afrikaans has considerably...

German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and Afrikaans, "hallo" literally translates into English as "hello". In the case of Dutch, it was used as early as 1797...

of the speakers in this list have English as their first language. South Africa portal Language portal List of English words of Afrikaans origin List...

early period of Modern English to follow the spelling patterns of Latin for English words of Germanic origin. For the vowel sounds of the English language...

rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration. Agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compounding...

Dutch/Afrikaans speakers with English speakers in South Africa, such as wildebeest, apartheid, boer; via French words of Dutch/Flemish origin that have...

portal List of English words of Afrikaans origin South African English Australian English New Zealand English British diaspora in Africa English in southern...

Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have...