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Afrikaans Community 1652 1795
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https://sahistory.org.za/article/afrikaans-community-1652-1795
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1688–1689
French Huguenot refugees arrive at the Cape
c. 1690s
Trekboer pastoral expansion emerges beyond the settled districts
Late seventeenth century
A Cape Dutch creole speech community begins to develop
August 1795
Early written Afrikaans appears in a Muizenberg poem
