5. Afrikaans
In spite of its unusual name, Afrikaans does not involve having the ability to decipher a cryptic alphabet. Actually, linguistic experts believe that this particular language is actually quite similar to English when compared with other African languages. Afrikaans traces its roots to the early South African settlers of Dutch descent. It was originally considered as a just a small Dutch dialect, but the Afrikaans language has since developed into a full independent language, which as influences from Portuguese, Malay and the indigenous Khoisan and Bantu languages of South Africa.
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