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TTN translates from German, French, English and Italian into Afrikaans – and vice versa. Specialised translators who are native speakers, quality assurance according to ISO 17100, a quote in three clicks.
About Afrikaans
- Native name
- Afrikaans
- ISO code
- ISO 639-1: af · ISO 639-3: afr
- Language family
- Indo-European › Germanic
- Script
- Latin
- Native speakers
- 7.2 million
- Second-language speakers
- 10 million
- Official language in
- South Africa
- Also spoken in
- Namibia, Botswana
Official language
Also spoken
Afrikaans developed from 17th-century Dutch at the Cape and is one of South Africa's 12 official languages. It is also widely used in Namibia. Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025
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