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.