| obsolete 'plat-hollands', kaaps-hollands, "cape-dutch" ➤ a semi-creolised from of Dutch developed in the region of the Cape (of Good Hope) from 1652 ¶ associated with the arrival of mainly Nederlands-speaking settlers, but evolving as the idiom of a new mixed community (the so-called 'Coloured' community, including individuals with mixed African, European and/or Asian ancestry). Afrikaans-speaking settlers of European ancestry migrated further northeastwards (as far as Traansvaal) from the 1830's. |