Afrikaans language
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Afrikaans or also Cape Dutch is a West Germanic language and the official language of the country South Africa and the lingua franca in Namibia. Although Afrikaans is very similar to Dutch, it is clearly a separate language, differing from Standard Dutch in its sound system and its loss of case and gender distinctions. it's a so called daughter language of Dutch and Dutch speakers can understand Afrikaans with a little difficulty and vice versa. It's the first language for approximately 7.2 million people.[1]