Kaaps | |
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Pronunciation | [kɑːps] |
Native to | South Africa (Western Cape) |
Ethnicity | |
Native speakers | 3 - 4 million (estimate)[1] |
Early forms | Frankish
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Kaaps (UK: /kɑːps/, meaning 'of the Cape'), also known as Afrikaaps,[1] is a West Germanic African language that evolved in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its status as a sister language of Afrikaans[1] or a dialect of Afrikaans is unclear.[2][3] Since the early 2020s there has been a significant increase in the number of works of literature published in Kaaps.[4] Most works in Kaaps come from authors located in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa where it is most commonly spoken.[5][2][6] Although Kaaps is considered a growing phenomenon, it is more specifically a colloquial dialect of Afrikaans.[7] All other distinct colloquial variations of Afrikaans, including Kaaps, are organically connected to Standard Afrikaans as a widely spoken unitary variety and interact with it.[7]
An academic project to create the first Kaaps language dictionary was launched in 2021.[8]
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