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Kaaps

Kaaps (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK: /kɑːps/, meaning 'of the Cape'), also known as Afrikaaps, is a dialect of Afrikaans that evolved in the Western Cape province of South Africa.…

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Early forms
Old Dutch Middle Dutch 17th-century Hollandic · Middle Dutch 17th-century Hollandic · 17th-century Hollandic
Ethnicity
Cape Coloureds · Cape Malays
ISO 639-3
Language family
GermanicWest GermanicWeser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps · West GermanicWeser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps · Weser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps · Low FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps · DutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps
Native to
South Africa (Western Cape)
Pronunciation
[kɑːps]

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Kaaps

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Edges21
Triples86
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
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related to Dictionary · 22
Kaaps → Afrikaans, Afrikaner, Apartheid, Cape Colony, Cape Town, Centre, Diversities, During, Dutch, English, European, Hood Project, Kaaps-speaking, Multilingualism, NGO Heal, South Africa, The, This, Today Kaaps, Trilingual Dictionary
related to history · 18
Kaaps → Afrikaans, As, Cape, During, Dutch Colonisation, Dutch East India Company, East, Europe, In, Khoisan, Madagascan, Malays, Many, Netherlanders, South Africa's Western Cape, Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC, West Africans
related to Stigmatisation · 12
Kaaps → Additionally, Afrikaans, American Blackface, Cape Flats, Cape Kaaps, Due, Gatiepie, It, Mocked, Race Classification Board, Some, The
Language family · 9
Kaaps → AfrikaansKaaps, Central DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps, DutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps, GermanicWest GermanicWeser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps, HollandicAfrikaansKaaps, Kaaps, Low FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps, Weser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps, West GermanicWeser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps
related to Identity and social status · 9
Kaaps → Black, Cape Flats, Despite, In, Just, Khoisan, South African, Under, White
Early forms · 3
Kaaps → 17th-century Hollandic, Middle Dutch 17th-century Hollandic, Old Dutch Middle Dutch 17th-century Hollandic
Ethnicity · 2
Kaaps → Cape Coloureds, Cape Malays
ISO 639-3 · 1
Kaaps → –
Native to · 1
Kaaps → South Africa (Western Cape)
Pronunciation · 1
Kaaps → [kɑːps]

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afrikaans cape dictionary language south africa apartheid project dialect colloquial dutch also speakers western spoken identity early needed one coloured

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KaapsEarly formsOld Dutch Middle Dutch 17th-century Hollandic1.00infobox
KaapsEarly formsMiddle Dutch 17th-century Hollandic1.00infobox
KaapsEarly forms17th-century Hollandic1.00infobox
KaapsEthnicityCape Coloureds1.00infobox
KaapsEthnicityCape Malays1.00infobox
KaapsISO 639-31.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyGermanicWest GermanicWeser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyWest GermanicWeser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyWeser–Rhine GermanicLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyLow FranconianDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyDutchCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyCentral DutchHollandicAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyHollandicAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyAfrikaansKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsLanguage familyKaaps1.00infobox
KaapsNative toSouth Africa (Western Cape)1.00infobox
KaapsPronunciation[kɑːps]1.00infobox
Kaapsis amarginalized language as it was perceived as a colloquial version of standard Afrikaans during the Apartheid era in South Africa0.90text

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