Afrikaans Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Afrikaans.
Top Quotes
“Afrikaans proverbs”
“Will Afrikaans survive the Afrikaner empire?”
“Afrikaans is a cancer that must be destroyed.”
“A language without a commercial value will die.”
“Afrikaans ... elegant; so simple, serious, and earnest.”
“Wikipedia: Afrikaans”
“Be loyal unto death to your traditions, to your religion, to your language and to your people.”
“He had lost his mother tongue almost completely and acquired the mutilated Dutch of the colonists.”
“The youth culture grabs the young language by its foreskin and gives it its first democratic climax!”
“Wikivoyage: Afrikaans phrasebook”
“The Provincial Council accepted my motion that enables Afrikaans as a permissible medium up to the fourth standard.”
“Few languages have engendered as much controversy, with regard to both historical development and place in modern society.”
“Translated from Afrikaans/Dutch: Wees getrou tot den dood aan uwe tradities, aan uw Godsdie[nst,] aan uw taal, aan uw volk.”
“You can trust me that the plat Hollands is read more among us farmers than that which Changuion wants to teach us in his booklets.”
“Unfortunately Afrikaans acquired certain historic connotations that resulted in its rejection by the black man, and these are political connotations.”
“For how long shall we entertain two thoughts? If Dutch is our language, why do we not speak it? If Afrikaans is our language, why do we not write it?”
“...a bridge between the great, luminous West and magical Africa … Our task lies in the current and future implementation of this gleaming vehicle ...”
“Afrikaans will survive and develop further in a range of dialects. That is important to me, that type of freedom. The Afrikaners don’t mean much to me.”
“The world [of 2017] looks completely different than in 1937. Then, communication was limited, and the introduction of radio – in Afrikaans – changed the world.”