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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. ... 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. ...
So how did this language arise? ... This was the beginning of the influence that became one of the birth points in the Afrikaans language. ... From all over Europe people came to settle in the Cape. ... These settlers, as the other European nations who had colonies over the globe, imported slaves from the surrounding countries. Each of these clans had their own language and dialect. In order for these slaves to understand what work to do, and what was ordered the pidgin Afrikaans was born.
This language was used to very much the same length as the mine language Fanagalo.
This unique language "just grew from the soil of South Africa. In the human melting pot of the Cape it was inevitable that, from the original Dutch spoken by the first settlers, people such as the Khoikhoi and slaves from Malaya, Indonesia, Madagascar and West Africa would evolve a colloquial form.
Approximate Word count = 993
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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