11 September 1928
Afrikaans is used for the first time in an International Document
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019

How we know this
- 01Richard Katherine Schulz,
- 02Southern African Places, Afrikaans Language Museum, [online] Available at www.places.co.za [Accessed: 10 September 2013]">Afrikaners ,from About.com Geography, 17 March, [online] Available at geography.about.com [Accessed: 10 September 2013]
- 03Southern African Places, Afrikaans Language Museum, [online] Available at www.places.co.za [Accessed: 10 September 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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