How similar are Dutch and Afrikaans?

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1. #afrikaans
2. #languages
3. #spelling
4. #grammar
5. #differences
6. #apparent
7. #spoken
8. #major
9. #mutual
10. #between
11. #written
12. #dutch
13. #rather
14. #different
15. #morphology
16. #standard
17. #intelligibility