Graaffrikaans word dikwels weens hoorders se onkunde afgemaak as slordige Afrikaans of beskou as ’n vermenging van taal, maar hierdie taalvariëteit uit Graaff-Reinet leef in eie reg al vir dekades lank.
Graaffrikaans is often dismissed as sloppy Afrikaans or considered as a mixture of languages due to listeners’ ignorance, but this language variety from Graaff-Reinet has been in existence in its own right for decades.