Greetings from multi-lingual South Africa - we have 11 official languages.
It is good to be here.
Glad to be a part of this global polyglottish rendez-vous.
Do watch my talk on the linguistic situation in South Africa, if you are interested in what is happening in the southern sector of my continent. The title of my talk is: AFRIKA, VUSELELA ULIMI LWEBELE! / AFRICA, REVIVE THE MOTHER TONGUE!
Suid Afrika se tale word nie altyd goed verteenwoordig nie, met die uitsondering van Afrikaans waaroor ek natuurlik bly is. Ek is besig om Tswana te leer en wonder soms of ek nie liewers moes besluit het om Fraans of Spaans te leer nie, net omdat daar 'n grooter verskeidenheid bronne beskikbaar is. Dan kom ek af op 'n Tswana uitdrukking wat iets net so eenvoudig beskryf en besef ek hou van wat ek doen.
I’d like to know more about how language works in the school system! There are schools exclusively in the regional african languages? Or most of them are learned as second languages at school?
Leuk dat je ook hier aan deelneemt. Ik hab hier al veel posts in het Afrikaans gelezen en vrij goed begrepen, maar je weet dat ik alleen in het Nederlands kan antwoorden.
I would not miss this, SA’s 11 official languages make me say “Befok, ongelooflik, etc”. Too it is important to know what are you South Africans doing with such a beautiful mozaic of languages.
*Please / asseblief, if some of you Afrikaans sprekers would like to give me tips for learning your language or if you are interested somehow in my opinions and knowledges in the languages I speak or in which I am working on feel always comfortable and welcome to reply. Baie Dankie.
*What if I say lekker naweek ¿is this correct or am I missing “vir jou”?.
Ek stem saam met jou dat Suid-Afrika se tale hier nie goed verteenwoordig word nie.
Ek hoop dat my aanbieding / praatjie iets daarvan sal kan regstel.
Ek wil jou aanmoedig om vol te hou met die seTswana.
O kgotlelele tsala ya me!
Sien uit daarna om nog met jou te kuier.
None of the African languages in South Africa have been developed to such a degree as to teach any or all subjects in that specific language, except maybe for teaching that language itself in that language, like teaching isiZulu in the isiZulu language itself. Our country or continent has not had its own Renaissance yet, so the African languages are generally speaking still very undeveloped.