10 Interesting Facts about Afrikaans

1. It’s the youngest official language in the world

Although it’s rather difficult to determine the age of any language (or what a language itself is, for that matter), Afrikaans is the youngest official one in the world. It was only decreed “a real language” in 1925 by the South African government. Back then, it was still considered a part of Dutch. Only in 1983 was Dutch removed as an official language of South Africa and Afrikaans took its place completely.