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Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages. British English has absorbed Afrikaans words primarily via British soldiers who served in the Boer Wars . Many more words have entered common usage in South African English due to the parallel nature of the English and Afrikaner cultures in South Africa .
The following list names English words that originate from African languages. Adinkra – from Akan, visual symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms. Andriana – from Malagasy, aristocratic noble class of the Kingdom of Madagascar; apartheid – from Afrikaans, "separateness" Aṣẹ - from Yoruba, "I affirm" or "make it happen"
indaba – meeting of the community (from Nguni, 'a matter for discussion'); has become a mainstream word in South African English in the sense of consultative conference. inyanga – traditional herbalist and healer (compare with sangoma) jova – injection, to inject (from Zulu) kwedini - a popular word meaning a boy in Xhosa and Zulu
The “Oxford Dictionary of African American English” has its first 10 words. See what they are. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
(Informal) occasionally heard South African version of bloody (the predominantly heard form), from the Cape Coloured/Afrikaans blerrie, itself a corruption of the English word. boerewors Traditional sausage (from Afrikaans "farmer’s sausage"), usually made with a mixture of course-ground beef and pork and seasoned with spices such as ...
A breed of dogs from West and North Africa; banana – West African, possibly Wolof banana; bongo – West African boungu; buckra – "white man or person", from Efik and Ibibio mbakara [3] chigger – possibly from Wolof and/or Yoruba jiga "insect" cola – from West African languages (Temne kola, Mandinka kolo) djembe – from West African ...
The pronunciation of South African English. Cape Town: Balkema. OCLC 457559. Prinsloo, Claude Pierre (2000). A comparative acoustic analysis of the long vowels and diphthongs of Afrikaans and South African English (PDF) (M.Eng thesis). Pretoria: University of Pretoria. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2021.
"The kind of usage of African American English vocabulary or sometimes slang by young White people in particular is a relatively recent phenomenon," Miles-Hercules said. "I would tribute it to the ...