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Afrikaans is one of the official languages of South Africa. It is spoken in most parts of the country. There are 5,983,426 (13.35 %) first language speakers of Afrikaans [2001 census data] in South Africa.
The following characters with diacritics are used in Afrikaans:
| Char. | Keystroke 1 | Keystroke 2 | Unicode | Char. | Keystroke 1 | Keystroke 2 | Unicode |
| á | Alt+0225 | Alt+160 | 00E1 | Á | Alt+0193 | - | 00C1 |
| â | Alt+0226 | Alt+131 | 00E2 | Â | Alt+0194 | - | 00C2 |
| è | Alt+0232 | Alt+138 | 00E8 | È | Alt+0200 | - | 00C8 |
| é | Alt+0233 | Alt+130 | 00E9 | É | Alt+0201 | Alt+144 | 00C9 |
| ê | Alt+0234 | Alt+136 | 00EA | Ê | Alt+0202 | - | 00CA |
| ë | Alt+0235 | Alt+137 | 00EB | Ë | Alt+0203 | - | 00CB |
| î | Alt+0238 | Alt+140 | 00EE | Î | Alt+0206 | - | 00CE |
| ï | Alt+0239 | Alt+139 | 00EF | Ï | Alt+0207 | - | 00CF |
| ô | Alt+0244 | Alt+147 | 00F4 | Ô | Alt+0212 | - | 00D4 |
| ö | Alt+0246 | Alt+148 | 00F6 | Ö | Alt+0214 | Alt+153 | 00D6 |
| û | Alt+0251 | - | 00FB | Û | Alt+0219 | - | 00DB |
All of these characters are represented in the Windows-1252 and ISO 8859-1 character sets.
Online dictionaries / Electronic dictionariesAfrikaans - English Microsoft Terminology New October 2014 Online searchable version of Microsoft's Afrikaans - English terminology (site not affiliated with Microsoft), published using tlTerm
Longman-HAT Language Portal "In September 2012 stel Longman-HAT sy nuwe webtuiste bekend - ’n groeiende versameling woordeboeke wat jy net hier op jou rekenaar, tablet of selfoon kan raadpleeg, pus ’n taalportaal spesiaal vir Afrikaans- en Engelsonderwysers, leerders en taalliefhebbers"
Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls Official spelling and grammar list by 'Die Afrikaanse Taalkommissie' (the Afrikaans Language Commission)
Pharos Dictionaries Online / Pharos Woordeboeke Aanlyn Over 20 titles online
WAT Aanlyn (Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal) Large multi-volume historical dictionary of Afrikaans
Online Afrikaans to English and English to Afrikaans dictionary
Books
HAT (Verklarende Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal) (FF Odendal & RH Gouws).
("'n Omvattende verklarende Afrikaanse woordeboek met betekenisomskrywings")
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Afrikaans-Engels/Engels-Afrikaans Woordeboek
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Oxford Afrikaans-Engels English-Afrikaans Skoolwoordeboek School Dictionary. "Designed to enable learners to write and speak effectively and competently in their additional language, this up-to-date and easy-to-use dictionary focuses on overcoming learners' most common difficulties."
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Books / DictionariesBeknopte Verklarende Woordeboek
'The dictionary has been augmented with a supplement of more than 1000 new Afrikaans words and words that have not previously been included in either the Beknop or its elder sibling, the Verklarende Afrikaanse Woordeboek.'Miscellaneouswww.afrikaans.us
Learn Afrikaans Online for freewoes.co.za
"Kreatiewe platform vir Afrikaans" - promotes the Afrikaans language with articles, short stories, poetry etc.grapgat.co.za
Afrikaans jokes web site.ProjectsAfrikaans Language Interface Pack for Windows XP
A partial Afrikaans translation of Windows XP.http://www.translate.org.za/
A non-profit organization translating various OpenSource software packages such as OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla web browser into all official South African languages. They have released isiZulu, Sesotho sa Leboa and Afrikaans versions of OpenOffice.Miscellaneous
