11-08-2019, 08:47 AM
There are two main "white" tribes in SA, I know people from both. One are Afrikaners, who originated in the Netherlands and the other are of British & Irish descent. Some like each other less than the Afrikaners liked Native or Asian origin South Africans. They usually went to different schools and often different culture and accent. I only once mixed up an Afrikaner and the "British"* sort, the Afrikaner had been sent to a "British" school in S.A.
Dutch people don't seem to like Afrikaners. They do understand each other's Language. Most Afrikaan speakers also have English. Other people in SA (inc non- Afrikaner "white") do sometimes know the Afrikaan language, which is sort of an older mangled Dutch.
(* Not actually British, but South African)
Dutch people don't seem to like Afrikaners. They do understand each other's Language. Most Afrikaan speakers also have English. Other people in SA (inc non- Afrikaner "white") do sometimes know the Afrikaan language, which is sort of an older mangled Dutch.
(* Not actually British, but South African)
