n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-fri- ' kän(t)s, ˌ ä-, - ' känz, ' a-fri- ˌ , ' ä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Afrikaans, from afrikaans, adjective, African, from obsolete Afrikaans afrikanisch, ultimately from Latin africanus
Date: 1908
: a language developed from 17th century Dutch that is one of the official languages of the Republic of So. Africa