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Preferred term

oorOorlams  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Oorlams (also: Oorlands, Oorlans) is a dialect of Afrikaans spoken in the Republic of South Africa. It is considered an Afrikaans-based creole language by some observers whereas most Oorlammers themselves would describe their language as being a dialect of Afrikaans proper. Oorlams has many elements from Khoi languages.

Entry terms

  • Oorlams creole

ISO 639-3 code

  • oor

Notation

  • oor

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URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/oor

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