Official Languages of the Union Act, 1925
| Official Languages of the Union Act, 1925 | |
|---|---|
| Parliament of South Africa | |
| Citation | Act No. 8 of 1925 |
| Territorial extent | Union of South Africa |
| Enacted by | Parliament of South Africa |
| Royal assent | 22 May 1925 |
| Commenced | 27 May 1925 |
| Effective | 31 May 1910 |
| Repealed | 31 May 1961 |
| Repealed by | |
| South Africa Constitution Act, 1961 | |
| Related legislation | |
| South Africa Act, 1909 | |
| Summary | |
| Afrikaans is recognised to have been an official language since 31 May 1910 | |
| Status: Repealed | |
The Official Languages of the Union Act, 1925 (Dutch: Wet op de Officiële Talen van de Unie, 1925), was an Act of the Parliament of South Africa which declared that references to the Dutch language in the South Africa Act 1909 included the Afrikaans language, effectively granting the latter official language status. The act came into force on 27 May 1925, but was deemed to have had effect since the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
Although in theory recognising both Dutch and Afrikaans as equal varieties of the same pluricentric language, the Act served to largely displace standard Dutch as a language of government in favour of standard Afrikaans.