Afrikaans also known as Cape dutch is a language spoken in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South africa and Zimbabwe.
Afrikaans language has approximately 18,000,000 native speakers.
Afrikaans is an official language in South Africa.
The language has 3 dialects; Cape Afrikaans, Orange River Afrikaans and East Cape Afrikaans.
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Every day, new words shape our world - from artificial intelligence to blockchain, from climate change to social media.
While languages like English grow and adapt, what about Afrikaans?
How do we explain quantum computing in Afrikaans?
What's the word for 'cryptocurrency'?
Without action today, how will future generations express tomorrow's ideas in Afrikaans?
If not you, who will keep Afrikaans alive?
If not now, when will we start?
If not here, where will it happen?
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