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Oorlams Creole

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Native to
  
South Africa

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