development of Afrikaans from a Pidgin language to a spoken Language
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The development of Afrikaans from a Pidgin language to a spoken Language
In broad terms there are two big movements in the development of this language. The history of southern Africa can also be seen as the history of Afrikaans. In many situations it's the just the opposite. The history of Afrikaans becomes the history of Southern Africa.
The Development of Afrikaans can be divided into two parts, these are called the first and second language development era's.
The first would be all the post war influences. The second movement are all the events after the first civil war. I want to, for the sake of reference, call the first period, the "first movement", and the second I will call the "second movement".
So how did this language arise?
The first movement began as soon as van Riebeeck and his wife set foot to the African continent...