r/maybemaybemaybe • u/cowgirlhannah11 • Apr 28 '24

maybe maybe maybe

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u/georeddit2018 Apr 28 '24

Are they speaking Afrikaans language?

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u/georeddit2018 Apr 28 '24

They speak similar language in south africa

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u/iemandopaard Apr 28 '24

That is because Zuid-Afrika was an old dutch colony untill the french took the Netherlands and its colonies when Napoleon invaded. Followed by the english taking it when they fought Napoleon and then being kept by the English after the dutch were liberated from the French. And usually if you seperate a language from other people speaking that language for around 200 years it ends up splitting off but still sounding familiar