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Oorlans
Oorlans
Native to	South Africa
Native speakers	32,000 (2006)
Language family	Afrikaans creole? Oorlans;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oor
Glottolog	oorl1238

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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 to be either an Afrikaans-based creole language or a dialect of Afrikaans proper.

Oorlams has many elements from Khoi languages.

References

^ Oorlans at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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[e18-1] Oorlans at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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+{{Short description|Afrikaans dialect of Southern Africa}}
-{{language
+{{Infobox language
 |name=Oorlans
-|familycolor=Indo-European
 |states=[[South Africa]]
-|speakers=less than a million
+|speakers=32,000
+|date=2006
-|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
+|ref=e18
-|fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
+|familycolor=Creole
-|fam4=[[Low Germanic languages|Low Germanic]]
-|fam5=[[Afrikaans]]
+|fam1=[[Afrikaans]] [[Creole language|creole]]?
+|iso3=oor
-|iso1=af|iso2=afr|lc1=afr|ld1=Afrikaans|notice=nonotice}}
+|glotto=oorl1238
+|glottorefname=Oorlams
+}}
-'''Oorlans''' (also: ''Oorlands'', ''Oorlams'') is a [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]], [[Low Germanic languages|Low German]] linguistic entity spoken worldwide by less than 1 million  people and is spoken in the Republic of [[South Africa]]. It is considered an [[Afrikaans]]-based [[creole language]] by some observers. Oorlans has some elements from [[Bantu]] languages.
+'''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 to be either an [[Afrikaans]]-based [[creole language]] or a dialect of [[Afrikaans]] proper.
+Oorlams has many elements from [[Khoi]] languages.
 ==See also==
-*[[Oranjerivier-Afrikaans]]
+*[[Historical dialects of Afrikaans]]
-*[[Kaapse Afrikaans]]
+==References==
-*[[Oosgrens-Afrikaans]]
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Languages of South Africa}}
+[[Category:Languages of South Africa]]
-[[it:Orlaans]]
+[[Category:Oorlam people]]
+{{pidgincreole-lang-stub}}
-[[Category:Low Germanic languages]]