Afrikaans (Western Cape dialect)
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| Afrikaans (Western Cape dialect) | ||
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| Spoken in: | South Africa | |
| Region: | Western Cape Province | |
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| Language family: | Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Low Franconian Afrikaans Afrikaans (Western Cape dialect) |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | af | |
| ISO 639-2: | afr | |
| ISO 639-3: | afr – Afrikaans
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The Western Cape dialect of Afrikaans is a theoretical, historical dialect of Afrikaans which may have existed prior to the Great Trek, and which may have influenced the language of the present-day Western Cape region of South Africa.
The dialect was named before the establishment of the current Western Cape province of South Africa, and should not be regarded as the dialect of that province.
The term Kaapse Afrikaans ("Cape Afrikaans") is sometimes erroneously used to refer to the Western Cape dialect; it is more commonly used for a particular sociolect spoken in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.
