Afrikaans yare ne na Yammacin Jamus wanda akasari ana magana dashi a Afirka ta Kudu da Namibia . Yaren ne yaren da ya bunkaysa tsakanin baƙi na AfrikanFurotesta, ma'aikata marasa matsuguni, da bayi da Kamfanin Dutch East India ( Dutch suka kawo yankin Cape a kudu maso yammacin Afirka ta Kudu. - VOC) tsakanin 1652 da 1705 . Yawancin waɗannan farkon mazaunan sun fito ne daga Proasar Lardin (yanzu Netherlands ), kodayake akwai da yawa daga Jamus, wasu daga Faransa, kaɗan daga Scotland, da wasu ƙasashe daban-daban. Marassa aikin da bayin sun kasance 'yan Malas, da Malagasy ban da Khoi da Bushmen ' yan asalin ƙasar. Bincike na JA Heese ya ce har zuwa shekarar 1807, kashi 36.8% na magabatan Fararen Afrikaans masu magana da yaren Holland ne, 35% Bajamushe ne, 14.6% Faransanci ne kuma 7.2% ba farare ba (asalin Afirka da / ko Asiya ). Sauran masu binciken suna tambaya game da adadi na Heese, amma, kuma musamman ma abubuwan da ba fari ba da Heese ta ambata suna cikin shakka. Ƙananan tsiraru daga waɗanda suka yi magana da Afirkaans a matsayin yare na farko ba fari ba ne .