This video shows statistics of Afrikaans speakers - how many there are; what provinces they live in; what race they identify as; and what countries they are distributed across.
As a Xhosa speaker from the Northern Cape, Afrikaans is a local language here. It is so common, that our IsiXhosa and Setswana is mixed with Afrikaans. And so we have a unique way of speaking that mixes these two languages with our Bantus languagea.
That's very interesting! I wasn't aware of that. Down here in the Western Cape we also tend to mix Afrikaans into our English, or English into our Afrikaans. 😂
I forgot to add, that in some households (both Setswana and Xhosa households) the households there speak Afrikaans as their home language, even though they identify as being Tswana or Xhosa. I have a couple of family members who grew up speaking Afrikaans, even though they are Tswana or Xhosa. My friend who is Coloured says his actual heritage is Tswana. I believe that all of this might a combination of Apartheid adaptation from the Bantus in our city as well as the intermixing of Bantu and Coloured communities after '94. I'm from Kimberley, and although we were in the Cape, our city was taken from the Boers during the Boer wars, and so our city is mostly filled with Boers, so the Afrikaans of my grandparents came from there. But with myself and my parents, our Afrikaans came from the intermixing with Coloured communities as it became a local language which helped us communicate together.
Ohh yeahh, I've read about that. The Northern Cape interests me because its population is quite unique - most provinces are majority-Black and majority Bantu-language-speaking. And the Western Cape is majority-Coloured and majority-Afrikaans speaking. But in the Northern Cape, the people are majority-Black and majority-Afrikaans speaking, which seems quite surprising and unexpected 😂And I've always wondered why that's the case or how it's possible. But as you said, it could be because of the mixing of Black and Coloured communities in that province that has led to this unique situation.
@@fullcirclehistory 😆 yip. I've never been, but I believe it's similar to Namibia in that regard. I've seen videos of Namibia, where there are Bantus who speak Afrikaans as an everyday language.
@fullcirclehistory yes. Today it's English. But there's isn't no single soul that can't speak Afrikaans because of colonialism Namibia was under SA. So do some speak German. I personally graduate My high-school in Afrikaans. You need to do proper research about Namibia and SA colonialism. You will fi d answer. In fact on youtube
Yay! I’m actually one of the 1% of Afrikaans speakers that currently live in Australia! Baie mooi video net by the way! Jammer om nie my voor te stel nie, my naam is Cobus (Ja met n C nie n K nie)!
Super duper informative video, but there's a glaring omission regarding the Afrikaans speakers in Patagonia, Argentina! A pretty interesting case considering they emigrated after the Second Boer War to escape the Brits, and managed to keep it alive, with some noticeable archaisms, and changes from all the extra South American and Spanish-language influences
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I'm actually one of the 1% in Zambia. Hehe Afrikaans is nie my moedertaal nie maar ek dink dit klink oulik en so, Ek het besluit om myself te leer, voortdurend te leer.
The history of Afrikaans would inform you that Afrikaans is a multiracial language until the Broedebond decided on a “National Identity” ie the Afrikaner identity. Now if you google Oude Ram and his history you’ll understand why Afrikaans is also prevalent in Namibia.
@@esrakavetu2286 Afrikaaners refers to the white population that speaks Afrikaans,they are 5 percent of the population.afrikaans speakers are 10,5 percent based on official census taken on 2022
That's interesting? I'm curious, what is your Afrikaner friend doing there in Malawi?? 😅 Is his wife from Malawi? Did he find job opportunities there? Did his ancestors trek there in the 1800s? 😂
Our friends left for Malawi about 15 years ago never to be seen or heard of he was gonna work on a farm My wifes niece and husband is currently living near Ligongwe he has something to do with Checkers/Shoprite stores He travels a lot and says roads poor She stays behind in a house that has walls around have real security gaurds and two buttlers working in the house She says they are very friendly poeple My wife and she speaks daily on whatsapp if theres not loadshedding same as us here Thats all i know Keep well
Black people are the population who speak languages from the Bantu language family, like Zulu and Xhosa In South Africa “Coloured” is an umbrella term that officially refers to anyone of mixed or multiracial ancestry (eg half black half white) but the term tends to be used to refer to anyone who is neither dark (black) nor light (white) but rather is “brown” i guess. So “Coloured” is often used to refer to: * Half black half white people * People of Malaysian or Indonesian ancestry * And also often people of Khoisan ancestry (Khoisan are native South Africans who aren’t Bantu)
God & His angels speak Afrikaans, Adam & Eve spoke Afrikaans for 30 years before they were sent out of Eden, the first & last language on earth, spoken by the Chosen Judah Tribe.
Thousands of afrikaans speakers in botswana and malawi ? That is not true , you will not come across afrikaans in botswana and malawi. This is misleading. It would makes sense if you look at those countries census
Afrikaans speakers are very rare in those two countries and they are less than 1% of the population in those countries. However, those countries still have thousands of Afrikaans speakers
Never knew there are a lot of Afrikaans speakers in my home country of Australia
Lots of white south africans moved to Australia due to the discrimination against them. Reverse racism
In Perth you will find many
There is also a huge amount in Brisbane.
A lot of them still use it as their home language.
As a Xhosa speaker from the Northern Cape, Afrikaans is a local language here.
It is so common, that our IsiXhosa and Setswana is mixed with Afrikaans. And so we have a unique way of speaking that mixes these two languages with our Bantus languagea.
That's very interesting! I wasn't aware of that. Down here in the Western Cape we also tend to mix Afrikaans into our English, or English into our Afrikaans. 😂
@@fullcirclehistory
I guess it's a Cape thing then huh😄
I forgot to add, that in some households (both Setswana and Xhosa households) the households there speak Afrikaans as their home language, even though they identify as being Tswana or Xhosa.
I have a couple of family members who grew up speaking Afrikaans, even though they are Tswana or Xhosa.
My friend who is Coloured says his actual heritage is Tswana.
I believe that all of this might a combination of Apartheid adaptation from the Bantus in our city as well as the intermixing of Bantu and Coloured communities after '94.
I'm from Kimberley, and although we were in the Cape, our city was taken from the Boers during the Boer wars, and so our city is mostly filled with Boers, so the Afrikaans of my grandparents came from there. But with myself and my parents, our Afrikaans came from the intermixing with Coloured communities as it became a local language which helped us communicate together.
Ohh yeahh, I've read about that. The Northern Cape interests me because its population is quite unique - most provinces are majority-Black and majority Bantu-language-speaking. And the Western Cape is majority-Coloured and majority-Afrikaans speaking.
But in the Northern Cape, the people are majority-Black and majority-Afrikaans speaking, which seems quite surprising and unexpected 😂And I've always wondered why that's the case or how it's possible.
But as you said, it could be because of the mixing of Black and Coloured communities in that province that has led to this unique situation.
@@fullcirclehistory 😆 yip.
I've never been, but I believe it's similar to Namibia in that regard.
I've seen videos of Namibia, where there are Bantus who speak Afrikaans as an everyday language.
Here in the UAE there are many South Africans and most of them that I’ve met know Afrikaans
That's interesting to hear! I couldn't find any statistics suggesting there were Afrikaans speakers there, so thank you for pointing that out!
We speak alot Afrikaans in Namibia. No matter what race. Even in bank will greet you in Afrikaans
That's interesting. I'm surprised Afrikaans isn't an official language there but English is.
@fullcirclehistory yes. Today it's English. But there's isn't no single soul that can't speak Afrikaans because of colonialism Namibia was under SA. So do some speak German. I personally graduate My high-school in Afrikaans. You need to do proper research about Namibia and SA colonialism. You will fi d answer. In fact on youtube
Yay! I’m actually one of the 1% of Afrikaans speakers that currently live in Australia! Baie mooi video net by the way! Jammer om nie my voor te stel nie, my naam is Cobus (Ja met n C nie n K nie)!
eks ook afrikaans lesgooo
Super duper informative video, but there's a glaring omission regarding the Afrikaans speakers in Patagonia, Argentina! A pretty interesting case considering they emigrated after the Second Boer War to escape the Brits, and managed to keep it alive, with some noticeable archaisms, and changes from all the extra South American and Spanish-language influences
Hartelijke groeten aan onze Zuidafrikaanse vrienden!
This is really interesting content, keep it up! :D
Thanks!
great video, i like your channel
I really these geopolitical and geolingustic videos! :)
Where ever the Namibian stats was obtained from, needs to be rechecked!
@@arishaseptember8318 I got those stats from the 2011 Namibian census
Ik spreek geen Afrikaans, maar Ik kan het wel redelijk verstaan.
Why does this give Dutch vibes?
@@BrunoNeureiter Well... why does it?
@@BrunoNeureiterit is Dutch😂 not Afrikaans. Ek and ik are different
A língua africâans é certamente um dos fenômenos mais interessantes da história humana.
*Can someone please tell me why Afrikaans uses double negatives, such as "Hy praat nie Afrikaans nie."? (He doesn't speak Afrikaans.)*
I speak Afrikaans,I'm Namibian btw
That's cool! Which part of Namibia are you from?
@@fullcirclehistory I'm from walvisbay
@@fullcirclehistory in the Erongo region
Afrikaans speaking people should have own nation I think 🤔
They are working on it. 🤭
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I'm actually one of the 1% in Zambia. Hehe Afrikaans is nie my moedertaal nie maar ek dink dit klink oulik en so, Ek het besluit om myself te leer, voortdurend te leer.
That’s cool! What’s your first language?
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The history of Afrikaans would inform you that Afrikaans is a multiracial language until the Broedebond decided on a “National Identity” ie the Afrikaner identity. Now if you google Oude Ram and his history you’ll understand why Afrikaans is also prevalent in Namibia.
Since Afrikaans originated in the Cape Colony …
WRONG, HALF OF NAMIBIANS SPEAK AFRIKAANS
It's spoken by 11 percent of the population.dont be delusional
@@bafanamahlatse1923 officially native Afrikaaners yes but overall 1/2 of the nation, best believe
@@esrakavetu2286 Afrikaaners refers to the white population that speaks Afrikaans,they are 5 percent of the population.afrikaans speakers are 10,5 percent based on official census taken on 2022
I think you're mixing Second language speakers with Native speakers@@esrakavetu2286
According Charlene Therin theres only 44 Afrikaans speaking persons in South Africa Ha ha whatta joke I have Afrikaans relatives and friends in Malawi
Charlene Theron correction sorry
That's interesting? I'm curious, what is your Afrikaner friend doing there in Malawi?? 😅 Is his wife from Malawi? Did he find job opportunities there? Did his ancestors trek there in the 1800s? 😂
Our friends left for Malawi about 15 years ago never to be seen or heard of he was gonna work on a farm My wifes niece and husband is currently living near Ligongwe he has something to do with Checkers/Shoprite stores He travels a lot and says roads poor She stays behind in a house that has walls around have real security gaurds and two buttlers working in the house She says they are very friendly poeple My wife and she speaks daily on whatsapp if theres not loadshedding same as us here Thats all i know Keep well
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0:45 what defines the difference between colored and black people?
Black people are the population who speak languages from the Bantu language family, like Zulu and Xhosa
In South Africa “Coloured” is an umbrella term that officially refers to anyone of mixed or multiracial ancestry (eg half black half white) but the term tends to be used to refer to anyone who is neither dark (black) nor light (white) but rather is “brown” i guess. So “Coloured” is often used to refer to:
* Half black half white people
* People of Malaysian or Indonesian ancestry
* And also often people of Khoisan ancestry (Khoisan are native South Africans who aren’t Bantu)
Me
Would have been nice if mentioned how few people speak or understand Afrikaans compared to the rest of the country
He already said that.
They can understand very well if u use swearwords😂😂
God & His angels speak Afrikaans, Adam & Eve spoke Afrikaans for 30 years before they were sent out of Eden, the first & last language on earth, spoken by the Chosen Judah Tribe.
Thousands of afrikaans speakers in botswana and malawi ? That is not true , you will not come across afrikaans in botswana and malawi. This is misleading. It would makes sense if you look at those countries census
Afrikaans speakers are very rare in those two countries and they are less than 1% of the population in those countries. However, those countries still have thousands of Afrikaans speakers
@@fullcirclehistory no they do not have thousands of people . That is why I say use the countries census population of those nations
I have afrikaans friends and relatives in Malawi so get your facts right