Afrikaners
Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers
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Summary
Afrikaners is an ethnic group[1]. Afrikaners ranks in the top 0.91% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,245 views/month, #41 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Protestantism[3]
- Ancestral home: Netherlands[4]
- Flag: Vryheidsvlag[5]
- Subclass of: Dutch[6], White Africans of European ancestry[7]
- Part of: Dutch diaspora[8]
- Commons category: Afrikaners[9]
- Said to be the same as: Boer[10]
- Foods traditionally associated: Dutch cuisine[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Afrikaner people[12]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17]
- Different from: Afrikander[18]
- History of topic: Dutch East India Company[19]
- Culture: Dutch culture[20]
- Has part(s) of the class: Batavophone[21]
- Language used: Afrikaans[22], Dutch[23]
- P14541: lU7bb[24]
Why It Matters
Afrikaners has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Afrikaners is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]