Afrika Selatan

Indonesian

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Zuid-Afrika as Afrika +‎ selatan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /afˌrika səˈlatan/ [afˌri.ka səˈla.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -atan
• Syllabification: Af‧ri‧ka Se‧la‧tan

Noun

Afrika Selatan (plural Afrika-Afrika Selatan)

1. South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Selatan
• Aljazair
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cad
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Khatulistiwa
• Guinea-Bissau
• Jibuti
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komoro
• Lesoto
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mesir
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pantai Gading
• Republik Afrika Tengah
• Republik Demokratik Kongo
• Republik Kongo
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome dan Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Selatan
• Tanjung Verde
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Afrika Selatan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Afrika (“Africa”) + selatan (“south”)

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /afˌrika səˈlatan/ [ʔafˌri.ka səˈla.t̪an]
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard)
  • IPA^(key): /afˌrika səˈlatan/ [ʔafˌri.ka səˈla.t̪an]
  • IPA^(key): /afˌrikə səˈlatan/ [ʔafˌri.kə səˈla.t̪an] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Proper noun

Afrika Selatan (Jawi spelling افريکا سلاتن)

1. South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)