Southern African Linguistics & Applied Language StudiesAllwood J & Hendrikse AP. 2003. Spoken language corpora for the nine official African languages of South Africa. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 21(4): 189-201.
Afrikaans has its roots in 17th century Dutch, with influences from English, Malay, German, Portuguese, French and some African languages. Initially known as Cape Dutch, Afrikaans was largely a spoken language for people living in the Cape, with proper Dutch the formal, written language. ...
For centuries South Africa’s official languages were European – Dutch, English and Afrikaans. African languages, spoken by at least 80% of the people, were ignored. In 1996 a new constitution gave official protection to all of the country’s major languages. South Africa has about 34 histori...
South Africa's 11 official languages Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa,Ndebele, Venda, Swati, Sesotho, Sepedi, Tsonga and Tswana.
South Africa - Languages, Dialects, Afrikaans: The Black African population is heterogeneous, falling mainly into four linguistic categories. The largest is the Nguni, including various peoples who speak Swati (primarily the Swazi peoples) as well as tho
Languages Ndebele Language Ndebele Language: A large proportion of South African folk are able to speak Ndebele. It is known as a beautiful language, melodic on the ear. It is a Bantu language that is spoken by Ndebele South Africans (who are also sometimes referred to as the ... ...
Nationality: noun: South African(s); adjective: South African Population: 43,997,828 (July 2007 CIA est.) Ethnic groups: Black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% Languages spoken: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Se...
Most Spoken Languages in South America When it comes to total speaker numbers, Spanish wins the day in South America, followed by Portuguese, Quechua, and Guarani. I’ll look at each of these – along with various other languages spoken in South America – in a little more depth below. ...
The language Afrikaans has its roots in seventeenth century Dutch but it has been influenced by many languages including: English, Malay, German, Portuguese, French and some African languages. Some of the first written work in Afrikaans was done using the Arabic alphabet in the workBayaan-ud-dj...
South African rand Languages spoken in South Africa Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu Map of South Africa Area in square kilometers 1,221,037 km2 Gross domestic product per capita $ 12,161South...