Who speaks Afrikaans?

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  • Опубликовано: 21 фев 2023
  • 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.

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  • @r-labs9357
    @r-labs9357 6 месяцев назад +23

    Never knew there are a lot of Afrikaans speakers in my home country of Australia

    • @juanjuan5698
      @juanjuan5698 4 месяца назад

      Lots of white south africans moved to Australia due to the discrimination against them. Reverse racism

    • @gevoel8293
      @gevoel8293 4 месяца назад +3

      In Perth you will find many

    • @faniecremer4899
      @faniecremer4899 28 дней назад

      There is also a huge amount in Brisbane.
      A lot of them still use it as their home language.

  • @lu881
    @lu881 Год назад +31

    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.

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  Год назад +9

      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. 😂

    • @lu881
      @lu881 Год назад +6

      @@fullcirclehistory
      I guess it's a Cape thing then huh😄

    • @lu881
      @lu881 Год назад +3

      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.

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  Год назад +1

      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.

    • @lu881
      @lu881 Год назад +2

      @@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.

  • @Robinious
    @Robinious Год назад +13

    Here in the UAE there are many South Africans and most of them that I’ve met know Afrikaans

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  Год назад +2

      That's interesting to hear! I couldn't find any statistics suggesting there were Afrikaans speakers there, so thank you for pointing that out!

  • @yagi3925
    @yagi3925 5 месяцев назад +5

    Hartelijke groeten aan onze Zuidafrikaanse vrienden!

  • @happinesswatts
    @happinesswatts 5 месяцев назад +9

    We speak alot Afrikaans in Namibia. No matter what race. Even in bank will greet you in Afrikaans

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  5 месяцев назад

      That's interesting. I'm surprised Afrikaans isn't an official language there but English is.

    • @happinesswatts
      @happinesswatts 5 месяцев назад

      @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

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory Год назад +4

    great video, i like your channel

  • @cobuslabuschagne8765
    @cobuslabuschagne8765 4 месяца назад +3

    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)!

    • @th3pug0
      @th3pug0 4 месяца назад +2

      eks ook afrikaans lesgooo

  • @Icyy4406
    @Icyy4406 Год назад +9

    This is really interesting content, keep it up! :D

  • @lukaswillumvarberg3776
    @lukaswillumvarberg3776 Год назад +3

    I really these geopolitical and geolingustic videos! :)

  • @frankmuller6834
    @frankmuller6834 5 месяцев назад +5

    Ik spreek geen Afrikaans, maar Ik kan het wel redelijk verstaan.

    • @BrunoNeureiter
      @BrunoNeureiter 5 месяцев назад +2

      Why does this give Dutch vibes?

    • @frankmuller6834
      @frankmuller6834 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@BrunoNeureiter Well... why does it?

    • @ryanolsen294
      @ryanolsen294 4 месяца назад +1

      @@BrunoNeureiterit is Dutch😂 not Afrikaans. Ek and ik are different

  • @kauagirao
    @kauagirao Месяц назад

    A língua africâans é certamente um dos fenômenos mais interessantes da história humana.

  • @chetoparaguayo
    @chetoparaguayo 23 дня назад +1

    I invite you to come to Paraguay 🇵🇾, in the heart of South America, a capitalist country with a single tax and 10%, a capitalist and conservative country, and all the brands in the world are there thanks to its free movement, a country cheap Thanks to its low popularity but with excellent policy and action for the brave and taxpayers, here you can even create your own French colony, like Germans, Slavs, English, Australians, Americans, Japanese and the Koreans, the last colony created the green "paradise" 2021 founded by the Germans, Paraguay, tropical countries with white and brown populations (similar to the Mediterranean, Greeks, Italians and Spanish) Christian and Western countries like Europeans

  • @The-one1s
    @The-one1s 5 месяцев назад +3

    I speak Afrikaans,I'm Namibian btw

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  5 месяцев назад +1

      That's cool! Which part of Namibia are you from?

    • @The-one1s
      @The-one1s 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@fullcirclehistory I'm from walvisbay

    • @The-one1s
      @The-one1s 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@fullcirclehistory in the Erongo region

  • @519djw6
    @519djw6 4 месяца назад +1

    *Can someone please tell me why Afrikaans uses double negatives, such as "Hy praat nie Afrikaans nie."? (He doesn't speak Afrikaans.)*

  • @fullcirclehistory
    @fullcirclehistory  Год назад

    Watch "Languages of South Africa" here! 👇
    ruclips.net/video/ip178gx5R2o/видео.html

  • @mohaksahu5574
    @mohaksahu5574 3 месяца назад +1

    Afrikaans speaking people should have own nation I think 🤔

  • @KryCaNe
    @KryCaNe 28 дней назад

    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.

  • @charitymagautanjovu5749
    @charitymagautanjovu5749 4 месяца назад

    Please hayi Bo w

  • @Kayzblog
    @Kayzblog 2 месяца назад

    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.

  • @KryCaNe
    @KryCaNe 28 дней назад

    Since Afrikaans originated in the Cape Colony …

  • @resned5340
    @resned5340 4 месяца назад

    Me

  • @pipertown
    @pipertown 4 месяца назад

    0:45 what defines the difference between colored and black people?

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  4 месяца назад +1

      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)

  • @carmendewaal1844
    @carmendewaal1844 4 месяца назад

    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.

  • @johanvandermerwe4620
    @johanvandermerwe4620 4 месяца назад +1

    According Charlene Therin theres only 44 Afrikaans speaking persons in South Africa Ha ha whatta joke I have Afrikaans relatives and friends in Malawi

    • @johanvandermerwe4620
      @johanvandermerwe4620 4 месяца назад

      Charlene Theron correction sorry

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  4 месяца назад

      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? 😂

    • @johanvandermerwe4620
      @johanvandermerwe4620 4 месяца назад

      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

  • @thato596
    @thato596 5 месяцев назад

    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

    • @fullcirclehistory
      @fullcirclehistory  5 месяцев назад

      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

    • @thato596
      @thato596 5 месяцев назад

      @@fullcirclehistory no they do not have thousands of people . That is why I say use the countries census population of those nations

    • @johanvandermerwe4620
      @johanvandermerwe4620 4 месяца назад

      I have afrikaans friends and relatives in Malawi so get your facts right

  • @esrakavetu2286
    @esrakavetu2286 6 месяцев назад +7

    WRONG, HALF OF NAMIBIANS SPEAK AFRIKAANS

    • @bafanamahlatse1923
      @bafanamahlatse1923 6 месяцев назад +2

      It's spoken by 11 percent of the population.dont be delusional

    • @esrakavetu2286
      @esrakavetu2286 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@bafanamahlatse1923 officially native Afrikaaners yes but overall 1/2 of the nation, best believe

    • @bafanamahlatse1923
      @bafanamahlatse1923 6 месяцев назад

      @@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

    • @ChildishSoap
      @ChildishSoap Месяц назад

      I think you're mixing Second language speakers with Native speakers​@@esrakavetu2286

  • @nostalgiakitty2057
    @nostalgiakitty2057 7 месяцев назад +3

    Would have been nice if mentioned how few people speak or understand Afrikaans compared to the rest of the country

    • @juanjuan5698
      @juanjuan5698 7 месяцев назад +3

      He already said that.

    • @natashanel1665
      @natashanel1665 4 месяца назад +1

      They can understand very well if u use swearwords😂😂