Definition of South African Dutch

1. Noun. An official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish.

Exact synonyms: Afrikaans, Taal
Generic synonyms: Dutch
Derivative terms: Afrikaans

Lexicographical Neighbors of South African Dutch

Soulagean
Soundex
Soundexes
Soup Bowl
Sourashtra
Sourashtras
Sousa
Sousse
South
South-African yellowwood
South-Central Dravidian
South Aegean
South Africa
South African
South African Dutch (current term)
South African English
South African Sign Language
South African monetary unit
South African tick-bite fever
South African type porphyria
South Africans
South America
South American
South American Indian
South American bullfrog
South American country
South American nation
South American poison toad
South American sea lion

Literary usage of South African Dutch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1896)
"English settlers and English statesmen have never, I think, fairly gauged the spirit that animates these South African Dutch farmers. ..."

2. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"[is! found the origin of the clipped ten Dutch dialect known as the Tool . . . or two centuries has been the national >f the South African Dutch. ..."

3. Problems of Greater Britain by Charles Wentworth Dilke (1890)
"... the South African Dutch, although they are not supporte'! by those among the Cape authorities who best know the Dutch, nor by the. best of our residents ..."

4. The Nineteenth Century (1896)
"English settlers and English statesmen have never, I think, fairly gauged the spirit that animates these South African Dutch farmers. ..."

5. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"Though when the Boer war broke out he was still a very young man, he had already a great reputation among the South African Dutch, and this was confirmed ..."

6. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"No reins are used, but the driver talks continually to his oxen in South African Dutch. The cattle understand no other language, hence to attempt to drive ..."

7. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"No reins are used, but the driver talks continually to his oxen in South African Dutch. The cattle understand no other language, hence to attempt to drive ..."

8. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"No reins are used, but the driver talks continually to his oxen in South African Dutch. The cattle understand no other language, hence to attempt to drive ..."

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