Oorlams Creole Explained

Oorlans
States:South Africa
Speakers:32,000
Date:2006
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Creole
Fam1:Afrikaans creole?
Iso3:oor
Glotto:oorl1238
Glottorefname:Oorlams

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