South African English Part 1
We’re not called the rainbow nation for nothing. South Africa has 11 official languages, and scores of unofficial ones. English is the most commonly spoken language in official and commercial public...
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SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION: Family: Indo-European Group: Germanic Subgroup: West Germanic VARIETIES: Black South African English, Indian English, Coloured English, Afrikaans English –...
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CLASSIFICATION: Family: Indo-European Group: Germanic Subgroup: West Germanic VARIETIES: Black South African English, Indian English, Coloured English, Afrikaans English – variants of South African...
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People are often surprised when I tell them that South Africa has 11 official languages, and that not many people have English as a mother tongue. This existence as a small language with pressure from...
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Translation now now = now now = soon just now = later
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