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Oorlans (also: Oorlands, Oorlams) is a linguistic entity 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.

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Ethnologue report on Oorlans

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 {{language
 |name=Oorlans
-|familycolor=Indo-European
+|familycolor=Creole
 |states=[[South Africa]]
 |speakers=less than a million
+|fam1=[[Creole language]]
-|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
+|fam2=Afrikaans Creole
-|fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
+|iso1=
-|fam4=[[Low Franconian]]
+|iso2=
-|fam5=[[Dutch language|Dutch]]
+|iso3=oor
-|fam6=[[Afrikaans]]
+|lc1=
-|iso1=af|iso2=afr|lc1=afr|ld1=Afrikaans|notice=nonotice}}
+|ld1=
+|notice=nonotice
+}}
-'''Oorlans''' (also: ''Oorlands'', ''Oorlams'') is a [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]], [[Low Franconian languages|Low Franconian]] 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.
+'''Oorlans''' (also: ''Oorlands'', ''Oorlams'') is a linguistic entity 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.
 ==See also==
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 *[[Oosgrens-Afrikaans]]
+==External links==
-[[Category:Low Franconian languages]]
+*[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=oor Ethnologue report on Oorlans]
+{{pidgincreole-lang-stub}}
+[[Category:Pidgins and creoles]]
 [[eo:Oorlansa lingvo]]