Seriously boet! The 7de Laan omnibus is not the only way to learn Afrikaans in 2015. Afrikaans was declared an official language nine decades ago and now is probably the best time for you to catch up.

Ingrid Piller receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Humboldt Foundation. If you go by the ads for some language learning apps, you can “have a conversation in a new language in ...