The ''Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls'' (AWS) is a publication of the

Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SAAWK) (literally ''South African Academy for Science and Arts'') is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting science, technology and the arts in Afrikaans, as well as promoting ...

and comprises three main sections: spelling rules, a list of words, and a list of abbreviations for

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gr ...

. The first edition appeared in 1917, and regular revisions have been undertaken since then. The main aim of the publication is to provide guidance in respect of Afrikaans spelling. Full details of this publication are available in Afrikaans in the article, "Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls". A recently published English guide to Afrikaans spelling rules and conventions is ''Diacs and Quirks in a Nutshell – Afrikaans spelling explained'' (Nicky Grieshaber, 2011).Afrikaans spelling
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreels Afrikaans-language mass media 1917 establishments in South Africa Spelling dictionaries