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  • I was very disappointed when I found out that there is no Afrikaans in Duolingo. That is the reason why I decided to look into this “problem” a bit more.
  • Want to start speaking Afrikaans from your first lesson? You will! Our lessons take you by the hand and guide you through real Afrikaans conversations.
  • Afrikaans is spoken by 6 million native speakers in South Africa, or 13.3 percent of the population, it is the third most spoken mother tongue in the country.
  • Many of the Colored and Afrikaners in South Africa spoke Afrikaans as their first language. The vocabulary of Afrikaans comprises various adopted words.
  • The Afrikaans language is one of South Africa’s official languages and a large proportion of the local population uses it as their first or second language.
  • In 2013 there were about 17 million speakers in South Africa, where Afrikaans is one of the Statutory national languages, and an official language in nine provinces.
  • Included are basic grammar lessons, simple words and phrases in the Afrikaans language as well as links to resources and further information about Afrikaans.
  • Afrikaans, one of South Africa's 11 official languages, is spoken by the majority of the population as either a first or second language.
  • The links on the left contain English to Afrikaans translations as well as other tools and info for learning Afrikaans. All the of the information on this site is free.