/af'ri kahns", -kahnz"/ , n.
1. Also called the Taal . an official language of South Africa, developed out of the speech of 17th-century settlers from Holland and still very like Dutch.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to Afrikaans or Afrikaners.
[ 1895-1900; Afrikaan native of Africa + -s -ISH 1 ]