ISO 639-3 oor | Native speakers 32,000 (2006) Glottolog oorl1238 | |
Language family Afrikaans creole?Oorlans | ||
Oorlams (also: Oorlands, Oorlans) is a dialect of Afrikaans spoken in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, by the Oorlam people.
It is considered an Afrikaans-based creole language by some observers, whereas most Oorlammers themselves would describe their language as being a dialect of Afrikaans proper.
Oorlams has many elements from Khoi languages.
References
Oorlams Creole Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA