Afrikaans language search marketing

Afrikaans - Dutch-heritage African-culture

The Afrikaans language: an introduction

One of South Africa's two official languages - the other is English. It developed from the Dutch of the settlers of the region in the 17th century and is now seen as an independent language thanks only to the separate development of the two languages over the centuries.

How many speakers are there of the Afrikaans language?

Afrikaans is spoken by around 6 million people in South Africa and a small number in Namibia as well as a number of communities in other African nations and ex-pats around the world.

What Afrikaans language issues do I need to watch out for?

Afrikaans doesn't present many difficulties - apart from translating relevant concepts - and is very similar to the approach for Dutch.

Which major search engines are important to Afrikaans speakers?

Google Suid-Afrika
Yahoo is not present in Africa and MSN doens't offer an Afrikaans language version.

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