Taalportaal comprises comprehensive, comparative, online grammars for Afrikaans, Dutch, and Frisian, written in English by experts in the respective fields. The Afrikaans section on Taalportaal is the result of a project of Virtual Institute for Afrikaans (VivA). The first phase of the project ran from October 2014 to April 2020; the first topics were released publicly on 6 February 2016, and the final topics on 21 May 2020. The aim of the project was to develop a comprehensive, comparative, scientific online grammar (phonology, morphology, and syntax, as well as bibliography) of Afrikaans – building on a long and rich tradition of linguistics in and on Afrikaans. Of course, this is a task and project that could never be completed for a living language. In that sense, Taalportaal is merely a foundation for – hopefully – plentiful more future research on Afrikaans linguistics.
[Van Huyssteen was editor-in-chief of the project.]