Afrikaans
Afrikaans Pronunciation [afriˈkɑːns] Native to South Africa, Namibia Ethnicity Afrikaners, Cape Coloured Native speakers 7.2 million (2016) [1] 10.3 million L2 speakers in South Africa (2002) [2] Language family Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Low Franconian Dutch Afrikaans Writing system Latin using Afrikaans alphabet Afrikaans Braille Signed forms Signed Afrikaans [3] Official status Official language in South Africa Recognised minority language in Namibia Regulated by Die Taalkommissie Language codes ISO 639-1 af ISO 639-2 afr ISO 639-3 afr Glottolog afri1274 [4] Linguasphere 52-ACB-ba Regions shaded dark blue represent areas of concentrated Afrikaans-speaking communities This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For a guide to IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.