An Indo-European language and a member of the West Germanic branch, spoken by c. 6 million people in the Republic of South Africa, where it is an official language, as well as in Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe and a number of immigrants in a few other countries (e.g. Australia, Canada).
Afrikaans is the youngest of the Germanic languages, being a derivative of Dutch, the language brought by settlers in the 17th century. Now it shows many differences from European Dutch, especially as a result of its contact with local African languages. It has been a literary language for a little over a century. Afrikaans is spelt in the Roman alphabet, consisting of 26 characters.
The main characteristic of Afrikaans in comparison with the principal West Germanic languages is a radical simplification of forms.
| Courses | |
| Complete Afrikaans | AFR CBEG 1(PACK) |
| Colloquial Afrikaans : the complete course for beginners | AFR CBEG 2(PACK) |
| Afrikaans : Talk now! | AFR CBEG 3(CD-ROM) |
| Dictionaries | |
| The English Afikaans Xhosa Zulu aid : Words lists & phrases in four languages | AFR DICO 2 |
| Tweetalige skoolwoordeboek : Afrikaans-Engels, Engels-Afrikaans | AFR DICO 1 |
| Films | |
| Beauty | AFR FILM 2(DVD)* | Kanarie | AFR FILM 3(DVD)* |
| Paljas | AFR FILM 1(DVD)* |