Comparison of Afrikaans and Dutch rather than "Zuid-Afrika" as in Dutch, South Africa adopted "ZA" as its international vehicle registration code in 1936, which later became the country's ISO country code, with .za becoming the country's internet domain. In the middle of words, Afrikaans merged Dutch and to a single sound and consequently to a single spelling, . Compare Dutch "haven" (port) with Afrikaans "hawe", both pronounced . Afrikaans merged Dutch fricatives and to a single sound , spelt , except when preceded by , in which case (pronounced ) is used where Dutch uses (pronounced , or ; hence "school" is "school" in Dutch
Za (guilds) and other merchants of these materials. Though mostly independent from their former patrons, many guilds still engaged in agreements for protection with noble families on a one-time, rather than permanent, basis. However, their independence and increasing power earned many "za" political enemies; some from their former patrons. As the Muromachi period came to an end, in the late 15th century, other forms of economic associations arose which were less monopolistic, and which challenged the supremacy of the "za". The Ōnin War of 1467 plunged the country into a period of chaos and war, called the Sengoku period, which would last