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Definition of: Afrikaans
(af′ri·käns′, -känz′) noun
A South African language that developed from the speech of the 17th-century Dutch settlers in this region, containing many words of English, French, and Malay origin: also called Taal, South African Dutch, Cape Dutch.
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