Afrikaans (afr)

Afrikaans (afr) is part of the Indo-European family and Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian class.

Afrikaans speaking People Groups across the world:

Fast Facts:

TypesStats
Total People Groups:16
Total People Group Population:6,708,550
Unengaged and Unreached:
People Groups:3
Population:398,000
Engaged yet Unreached:
People Groups:5
Population:295,550
No Longer Unreached:
People Groups:8
Population:6,015,000

Discover More about Afrikaans:
- Ethnologue - Afrikaans
- Glottolog - Afrikaans

People Groups who primarily speak Afrikaans

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