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Text to speech in Afrikaans

The closest living relative of Dutch, and the closest major language to English after Frisian. Reading it, an English speaker recognises perhaps a third of the words. Hearing it, rather fewer.

AANGESIEN erkenning vir die inherente waardigheid en die gelyke en o…

From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, read by someone who speaks the language themselves.
30 / 500 words
British and American, side by side.

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What people use Afrikaans for

  • Family and heritage
  • Travel
  • Study

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