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Swarts Building, Providence, RI
Swart is an Afrikaans, Dutch and German surname meaning "black" (spelled ''zwart'' in modern Dutch). Variations on it are ''de Swart'', ''Swarte'', ''de Swarte'', ''Swarts'', Zwart, de Zwart, and Zwarts. People with this surname include: * Alfred L. Swart (1840–?), Wisconsin politician *Alida Swart (born 1975), member of British pop group Vanilla (band) * Amanda Swart, South African biochemist *Balie Swart (born 1964), South African rugby player * Bonje Swart (born 1949), Dutch singer *Carla Swart (1987–2011), South African road racing cyclist *Charles Robberts Swart (1894–1982), first president of the Republic of South Africa * Claudius Claussoen Swart (born 1388), Danish geographer * Clinton Swart (born 1992), South African rugby player *Colla Swart (born 1930), South African photographer * Daryl Swart, South African drummer of Tree63 (band) *Ed Swart (born 1937), Dutch racing car driver * (b.1922), botanist with the standard author abbreviation H.J.Swart *Henda Swart ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics during the course of the 18th century. Now spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, estimates circa 2010 of the total number of Afrikaans speakers range between 15 and 23 million. Most linguists consider Afrikaans to be a partly creole language. An estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary is of Dutch origin with adopted words from other languages including German and the Khoisan languages of Southern Africa. Differences with Dutch include a more analytic-type morphology and grammar, and some pronunciations. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, especially in written form. About 13.5% of the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
