Re: My version

> > > Isn't Afrikaans considered a modern dialect of
> > Dutch?
> >
> > By whom, and in what context?
> >
> > It's certainly descended from Dutch dialects --
> > southern dialects, if I remember correctly, but for obvious
> > reasons it's generally accounted a distinct language. E.g.,
> > Afrikaans is one of the official languages of South Africa;
> > Dutch isn't.

But it was once.

> It supposedly has German and Dutch influence as well. Other thn
> <die>, what would that be?

'die' "those" w. pl. nouns, "that" with s.sg. nouns in Dutch.
Afrikaans 'die' is generalization of that.

> It's often considered as a creole as well.

But those who are supposed to know dislike that idea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans
as much as English-speakers dislike that idea of their own language.


Torsten