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title: Afrikaans
description: Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. Studying this language enables you to understand its unique Dutch-derived grammar, build basic conversational skills, and read everyday texts.
category: languages
subcategory: germanic-languages
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/afrikaans
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# Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. Studying this language enables you to understand its unique Dutch-derived grammar, build basic conversational skills, and read everyday texts.

## Available Resources

3 Books • 1 Courses • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. r/Afrikaans Resources Wiki

Community-maintained reference page on the r/Afrikaans subreddit where members collect and vet the free learning materials they recommend. Useful as a starting inventory of what exists for a language with few commercial courses.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.reddit.com/r/Afrikaans/wiki/resources

**Tags:** afrikaans, language-learning, free-resources, community-curated, reddit

### 2. LingQ

**Author:** Steve Kaufmann

Reading and listening platform where learners import or choose texts with audio, look up unknown words inline and track vocabulary as it moves from new to known. It supports daily comprehensible-input practice and steady vocabulary growth across dozens of languages.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.lingq.com/

**Tags:** comprehensible-input, extensive-reading, vocabulary-acquisition, listening-practice

### 3. learnafrikaans.co.za

LearnAfrikaans.co.za is an online resource for learning Afrikaans, offering structured lessons and explanations for beginners and beyond. It provides vocabulary lists, grammar tips, pronunciation guidance, and practice exercises to build reading, writing, and speaking skills.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://learnafrikaans.co.za

**Tags:** websites, languages, germanic-language

## Courses

### 1. Pimsleur Afrikaans

Learn Afrikaans quickly and effectively with Pimsleur. Start speaking Afrikaans from your very first lesson!

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.pimsleur.com/learn-afrikaans

**Tags:** afrikaans, language-learning, audio-course, listening-speaking, beginner-course

## Podcasts

### 1. AfrikaansPod101

**Author:** AfrikaansPod101.com

AfrikaansPod101.com is an innovative and fun way of learning the Afrikaans language and culture at your own convenience and pace. Our language training system consists of free daily podcast audio lessons, video lessons, Afrikaans Word of the Day, a premium learning center, and vibrant user community. Stop by AfrikaansPod101.com today for a Premium 7-Day Free Trial and Lifetime Account!

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-us | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.afrikaanspod101.com

**Tags:** afrikaans, language-learning, audio-lessons, podcast, beginner-course

## Books

### 1. Colloquial Afrikaans

**Author:** Bruce Donaldson

Routledge's step-by-step beginner course in modern Afrikaans, with dialogues, graded grammar explanations, exercises, glossaries and free downloadable native-speaker audio. Completing it leaves you able to hold everyday conversations and read straightforward written Afrikaans.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0415206723?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, languages, germanic-language

### 2. Teach Yourself Afrikaans

**Author:** Helena van Schalkwyk

Self-study course for learners with no prior Afrikaans, published by Southern Book Publishers. Pronunciation, grammar, syntax and vocabulary are introduced in stages with exercises, so a disciplined reader can build basic reading and conversational competence alone.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1868124703?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, languages, germanic-language

### 3. Afrikaans Grammar

**Author:** Bruce C. Donaldson

Comprehensive scholarly reference grammar of Afrikaans in the Mouton Grammar Library, covering phonology, morphology and syntax with numbered sections for lookup. Best used alongside a course to settle questions of usage rather than read straight through.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/3110134268?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, languages, germanic-language

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