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:

16 People Groups · 6,778K People

EngagementGroupsPopulation
Unengaged and Unreached3403K
Engaged yet Unreached5301.2K
No Longer Unreached86,074K

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

Media Resources for Afrikaans:

TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources for Afrikaans:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Die Bybel in Afrikaans 1983-vertaling✓

1 entry

People Groups who primarily speak Afrikaans

Strategic Progress Index
All

16 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼Religion
AfrikanersAfrikanersLesotho2,500No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
AfrikanersAfrikanersNamibia122,000No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
AfrikanersAfrikanersSouth Africa2,715,000No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
ColouredsColouredsSouth Africa3,120,000No Longer UnreachedProtestantism
AfrikanersAfrikanersEswatini17,000No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
AfrikanersAfrikanersZimbabwe44,500No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
AfrikanersAfrikanersUnited States22,000No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
AfrikanersAfrikanersCanada30,500No Longer UnreachedProtestantism
AfrikanersAfrikanersAngola4,000Engaged yet UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
AfrikanersAfrikanersBotswana27,500Engaged yet UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
XegwiXegwiSouth Africa300Engaged yet UnreachedEthnoreligion
XegwiXegwiZambia350Engaged yet UnreachedAnimism
EurafricansEurafricansNamibia269,000Engaged yet UnreachedProtestantism
AfrikanersAfrikanersUnited Kingdom67,000Unengaged and UnreachedProtestantism
AfrikanersAfrikanersZambia87,000Unengaged and UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
Cape MalaysCape MalaysSouth Africa249,000Unengaged and UnreachedSunni Islam

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