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  1. Afrikaans- Afrikaans is the home language of about 7 million people, mostly in South Africa and Namibia. It belongs to the family of Germanic languages. It is part of the West Germanic subgroup and is, in fact, its newest member. Afrikaans is closely related to Dutch, and has been influenced by French, English and Malay.
  2. Afrikaans-English and English-Afrikaans On-Line Dictionary- This dictionary database is from the freeware multilingual program Ergane.
  3. Classification of African Languages- This is an on-line classification of world languages, including African languages and ethnology derived from the Ethnologue: Languages of the World by Barbara F. Grimes (ed.).
  4. Middle Egyptian- Includes a short introduction to hieroglyphs, a database of hieroglyphic texts, a short bibliography on Ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs for LateX and how to wrtie your name in hieroglyphs.
  5. Stigting vir Afrikaans- Comprehensive online information about Afrikaans language.
  6. Swahili Dictionary- This is the Internet Living Swahili Dictionary Project known as Kamusi.

 

 


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