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Is Afrikaans an indigenous language?
Afrikaans IS an indigenous South African language. Same can be said of the English language, which is distinctly South African and has been enriched by the local context.”
Is Afrikaans only spoken by the white population in South Africa?
In 2016, 57.9\% were native Afrikaans speakers, 40.2\% were native English speakers, and 1.9\% spoke another language as their mother tongue, such as Portuguese, Greek, or German….White South Africans.
Total population | |
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Northern Cape | 81,000 |
Languages | |
Afrikaans (58\%), English (40\%), other (2\%) | |
Religion |
Is Afrikaans a first language?
Many native speakers of Bantu languages and English also speak Afrikaans as a second language. It is widely taught in South African schools, with about 10.3 million second-language students….Current status.
Province | Northern Cape |
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1996 | 57.2\% |
2001 | 56.6\% |
2011 | 53.8\% |
What language do South African white people speak?
Afrikaans
White South Africans form two main language groups. More than half of them are Afrikaans speakers, the descendants of mostly Dutch, French, and German settlers.
What language do white South African speak?
Where is Afrikaans spoken?
Afrikaans, one of South Africa’s 11 official languages, is spoken by the majority of the population as either a first or second language. As South African born language, Afrikaans has a fascinating history and has become wide spread, even being spoken freely in Namibia and partly in Botswana, Zimbabwe and other countries.
Is Afrikaans a white/colonial or African language?
Afrikaans: A White/colonial or African language? Afrikaans is the third most spoken language in South Africa. [11] Jansen argues that the language can be regarded as a unique ‘African-Germanic’ language: it did not originate within European borders and it ‘is spoken primarily in Africa’.
How did Afrikaans develop in Africa?
Afrikaans developed in (local) colonial circumstances as a contact language: The Cape was a ‘melting pot of languages’. In 1595, Dutch traders and the indigenous Khoikhoi first came into contact at the Cape. The local language Afrikaans thereby started to develop.
Are the majority of Afrikaans speakers in South Africa white?
The majority of Afrikaans speakers in South Africa are not White. [6] Fifty percent are Coloured people. [7]