Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Afrikaans language is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In this language challange, Rean from South Africa is going to put participants to a test to see how similar Afrikaans, German and Swedish are. This is part of the Germanic languages comparison series in which we test mutual intelligibility between languages belonging to the same language family. Afrikaans is a creole language. It has adopted many words from other languages, including German and the Khoisan languages, however estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary of Afrikaans is of Dutch origin.
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Rean Pelser - E-Sport Commentator - @DKZAGaming
Jana - an Environmental Sciences student from Germany
Patrik Hallsjö - a physicist from Sweden
🕰 Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:01 - 1. Sentence
5:45 - 2. Sentence
11:11 - 3. Sentence
15:35 - 4. Sentence
21:37 - 5. Sentence
26:53 - 6. Sentence
31:32 - Commentary in English
🎥Recommended videos:
Can Dutch speakers understand Afrikaans? → youtu.be/u0gUtcl5BNk
German vs Dutch vs Flemish | Can they understand the German Language? → youtu.be/5SUyI3dMASY
German vs Swedish vs Norwegian vs Dutch | Can they understand the German language? | #1 → youtu.be/F3tOGE3rNCs
🇳🇱 vs 🇬🇧 Dutch Language | Can English speakers understand it? | #1 → youtu.be/DNDtwEXQKMY
Luxembourgish vs German | Can they understand the Luxembourgish language? | #1 → youtu.be/0zMXAgqmn1E
🤠 Old Norse | Can Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic speakers understand it? → youtu.be/5MRfVHU9fr0
🤓🇬🇧 Old English vs Modern English speakers → youtu.be/m9Dagt3SWoo
🤓 🦂 Latin Language Spoken | Can Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian speakers understand it? → youtu.be/C77anb2DJGk
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#afrikaans
The Afrikaans language is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In this language challange, Rean from South Africa is going to put participants to a test to see how similar Afrikaans, German and Swedish are. This is part of the Germanic languages comparison series in which we test mutual intelligibility between languages belonging to the same language family. Afrikaans is a creole language. It has adopted many words from other languages, including German and the Khoisan languages, however estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary of Afrikaans is of Dutch origin.
🏋️♀️ Support my Work:
My name is Norbert Wierzbicki and I am the creator of @Ecolinguist channel.
🙏 Volunteer your language skills for the future videos → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9I2GI7plOElgXkQajre7z7CIfdnPBmYudUl0d4YnJ-W-_jg/viewform
☕️ Donations → paypal.me/ecolinguist (I appreciate every donation no matter how big or small🤠)
🤓 Join the Ecolinguist DISCORD Server → discord.gg/xKBQCc3V57
📱 Follow me on Instagram: @the.ecolinguist
📝 Contact details for the guests of the show are:
Rean Pelser - E-Sport Commentator - @DKZAGaming
Jana - an Environmental Sciences student from Germany
Patrik Hallsjö - a physicist from Sweden
🕰 Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:01 - 1. Sentence
5:45 - 2. Sentence
11:11 - 3. Sentence
15:35 - 4. Sentence
21:37 - 5. Sentence
26:53 - 6. Sentence
31:32 - Commentary in English
🎥Recommended videos:
Can Dutch speakers understand Afrikaans? → youtu.be/u0gUtcl5BNk
German vs Dutch vs Flemish | Can they understand the German Language? → youtu.be/5SUyI3dMASY
German vs Swedish vs Norwegian vs Dutch | Can they understand the German language? | #1 → youtu.be/F3tOGE3rNCs
🇳🇱 vs 🇬🇧 Dutch Language | Can English speakers understand it? | #1 → youtu.be/DNDtwEXQKMY
Luxembourgish vs German | Can they understand the Luxembourgish language? | #1 → youtu.be/0zMXAgqmn1E
🤠 Old Norse | Can Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic speakers understand it? → youtu.be/5MRfVHU9fr0
🤓🇬🇧 Old English vs Modern English speakers → youtu.be/m9Dagt3SWoo
🤓 🦂 Latin Language Spoken | Can Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian speakers understand it? → youtu.be/C77anb2DJGk
🤗 Big hug to everyone reading my video descriptions! You rock! 🤓💪🏻
#afrikaans
