This Day in History: October 29, 1944
Additional Date: October 29, 1944
After the promotion of Afrikaans by the Afrikaans Language Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally recognised in 1925. The South African Academy for Language, Letters and Art society, which was set up in 1909 to reconcile the champions of Dutch and Afrikaans, named language advisers to assist with the translation of the Bible into Afrikaans, completed in 1933. This was followed by the translation of the rhymed Psalms and Hymns in 1937 and 1944 respectively. These developments established Afrikaans as church language.