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6 dni temu · South Africa’s languages have a rich and diverse history. isiZulu/Zulu. Belonging to the Bantu language group, isiZulu is the native tongue of the Zulu nation (amaZulu). They are part of the Central and Northern Nguni ethnic group, who may have been in South Africa since the 1300s.
4 paź 2022 · The city of Cape Town is South Africa’s second-largest city and a hub of English-speaking people, via audleytravel.com English is spoken as a first language by approximately 8% and 9% of South Africans today; however, it is extremely important as a second language, as it is one of the main languages used for cross-cultural communication.
Afrikaans. Afrikaans is a Low Franconian West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. In 2013 there were about 17 million speakers in South Africa, where Afrikaans is one of the Statutory national languages, and an official language in nine provinces.
2 paź 2022 · Of all the South African languages, Zulu (often referred to as isiZulu in South Africa) is the most widely spoken home language. According to the 2011 census, Zulu is the home language of over 22% of the population and is understood by 50% of the population. Linguistically, Zulu is part of the Nguni-Tsonga family of languages along with four ...
Languages in South Africa. South Africa is a linguistically diverse nation with 11 official languages, more than any other country, and several other minor regional tongues. The most numerically significant language is isiZulu, the mother tongue of roughly 22.5% of South Africans, followed by IsiXhosa (16%) and Dutch-based Afrikaans (13.5%).
The languages of Africa belong to many distinct language families, among which the largest are: Niger–Congo, which include the large Atlantic-Congo and Bantu branches in West, Central, Southeast and Southern Africa. Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel.
19 lip 2023 · South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a bill that makes sign language the country’s 12th official language. “South African Sign Language is the primary language of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. We must respect it as a language of choice in all interactions,” the Presidency said in a statement on Wednesday.
