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"[[Brink Afrikaans]]" is a facetious name given by some people to [[Kaaps-Hollands]] ("Cape-Dutch"), the early, transitional form of [[Afrikaans]], as used in a strongly [[Dutch]] influenced fashion by the playwright '''[[Melt J. Brink]]''' in his farces and plays at the turn of the 19th century. The term [[Cape-Dutch]] however, was more often specifically used to simply mean [[Afrikaans]].  
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"[[Brink Afrikaans]]" is a facetious name given by some people to [[Kaaps-Hollands]] ("[[Cape-Dutch]]"), the early, transitional form of [[Afrikaans]], as used in a strongly [[Dutch]] influenced fashion by the playwright '''[[Melt J. Brink]]''' in his farces and plays at the turn of the 19th century. The term [[Cape-Dutch]] however, was more often specifically used to simply mean [[Afrikaans]].  
 
 
The other variant,  called '''[[Kaapse Afrikaans]]''' was later used to speak of the specific dialect or form of [[Afrikaans]] spoken in the Western Cape. This was gradually appropriated by the Western Cape community as a distinctive variant of [[Afrikaans]], utilised by a number of writers in the latter part of the 20th century into the 21st, and the name gradually morphed into the name '''[[Kaaps]]''.
 
 
 
  
 
'''See also the entries on [[Afrikaans]] and [[Melt J. Brink]]'''
 
'''See also the entries on [[Afrikaans]] and [[Melt J. Brink]]'''

Latest revision as of 05:55, 7 December 2021

"Brink Afrikaans" is a facetious name given by some people to Kaaps-Hollands ("Cape-Dutch"), the early, transitional form of Afrikaans, as used in a strongly Dutch influenced fashion by the playwright Melt J. Brink in his farces and plays at the turn of the 19th century. The term Cape-Dutch however, was more often specifically used to simply mean Afrikaans.

See also the entries on Afrikaans and Melt J. Brink

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