Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls

The Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls (AWS) an orthographic guide to provide a framework with respect to Afrikaans spelling. It is a publication of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns and comprises three main sections: spelling rules, a list of words, and a list of abbreviations for Afrikaans. The first full edition appeared in 1917, and regular revisions have been undertaken since then to keep track with the evolution of the language.

It is by no means a complete list of Afrikaans words, rather, it aims to highlight problematic cases or indicate less common words as acceptable. The word list contains a selection of Afrikaans words to indicate the correct spelling, variant forms, use of hyphens, capital letters, and diacritics. Specific spelling rules are given, explaining the conventions of Standard Afrikaans. Topics include: Principles of Afrikaans spelling, variant forms, sounds (vowels, diphthongs, and consonants), plural forms, orthographic signs (apostrophe, acute accent, circumflex, diaeresis, hyphen), capital letters, diminutives, degrees of comparison, punctuation marks, and the rules for writing words separately or as compounds.

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