Afrikaans, die maklike taal om te leer Volgens die Amerikaaanse Foreign Service Institute (FSI) (hulle lewer diplomatieke opleiding) is Afrikaans...
Afrikaans, die maklike taal om te leer | Afrikaans, the easy language to learn
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Experience an extremely interesting and instructive Language Month discussion here
On 18 August a fascinating and informative panel discussion took place at the Afrikaans Taalmonument themed 'Language planning and language revival...
8 May 1925 – Afrikaans becomes an official language
From 1820, the British Lord Charles Somerset accelerated the Anglicisation policy introduced by his colonial predecessor. Somerset imported Scottish...
Other ways to experience the Language Monument!
At the Afrikaans Language Monument on Paarl Mountain there are comprehensive audio guides in six languages and information about the symbolism of...
Khoekhoen Afrikaans between tree and rock
Groen Galery at Taalmonument hones in on the language's ancient creators !Gâi ǂangus. ǁKhoreǁhare @ Khoekhoen-Afrikaans In line with the Afrikaans...
Unique Islamology books now in museum
It is always nice to get a call when someone wants to donate books to the Afrikaans...
Statement by the Afrikaans Language Museum and Monument
MEDIAVERKLARING | MEDIA RELEASE | UKUKHUTSHWA KWEENDABA 27 May 2022 The Council of the Afrikaans Language Museum and Monument (ATM) met in Paarl...
Twinkl features Taalmonument for learners
The international educational publishing house Twinkl now also features the Afrikaans Language Monument and Museum thanks to Jozef Raczka's focus on...
Taalmonument honours the green in Green Gallery
World Environment Month celebrated with exhibition and outdoor school The Afrikaans Language Museum and Monument (ATM)'s latest outdoor exhibition...
Claim your African narrative
Today we celebrate the day in 1994 on which not only all South Africans, but also Afrikaans, were liberated. In honour of this and the Afrikaanse...
Multilingual Fatima shines spotlight on Bo-Kaap Moesliems
The Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans (SBA) recently launched an exciting quadrilingual publication in the Bo-Kaap. The colouring book FATIMA,...
Secrets of Afrikaans laid bare
Prof Hein Willemse's insightful, bilingual documentary, entitled 'Die versteekte geskiedenisse van Afrikaans', is now available for free at...
Municipality turns spotlight on Taalmonument’s heritage
In celebrating the heritage of Drakenstein, the municipality visited the Afrikaanse Taalmonument and Afrikaanse Taalmuseum this Heritage Day!...
My stories begin as letters
The more languages, the healthier...and the more fun! Learn more at...
How sexy is your Afrikaans?
The Afrikaans accent is just plain sexy! Within 6 months, the followers of and polling done by two major international travel websites, Big7Travel...
Afrikaans’s own truth and reconciliation process continues
The DAK-Netwerk - recently set up to provide a structural foundation for the development of previously disadvantaged Afrikaans communities - held a...
Afrikaans words now also acceptable English!
A few more Afrikaans words are now officially internationally recognised English! This is thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary's recent inclusion...
Learn more…about Afrikaans
Do you or someone you know want to learn more about one of the planet's youngest languages, Afrikaans? Then look at the following cyber houses...
Beautiful Taalmuseum photo offers a glimpse of historical image creating technique
There are many interesting things in the Afrikaans Language Museum, such as in the lounge where a beautiful daguerreotype picture of SG Malherbe and...
The monument speaks many a language
From Afrikaans to Zulu, Arabic to Hebrew, Portuguese to Tsonga and Mandarin to Greek, the symbolism of the monument is briefly highlighted in 22...