Erin Bies

South Africa Languages Presentation

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1. Languages By Erin Bies
2. Rainbow Nation • 11 different official languages • Multilingual • Most know how to speak English • Languages share a common ancestry ◦ Broke up into clans and groups • IsiZulu is the mother tongue of South Africa Language Number of speakers* % of total Afrikaans 6 855 082 13.5% English 4 892 623 9.6% isiNdebele 1 090 223 2.1% isiXhosa 8 154 258 16% isiZulu 11 587 374 22.7% Sepedi 4 618 576 9.1% Sesotho 3 849 563 7.6% Setswana 4 067 248 8% Sign language 234 655 0.5% SiSwati 1 297 046 2.5% Tshivenda 1 209 388 2.4% Xitsonga 2 277 148 4.5% Other 828 258 1.6% TOTAL 50 961 443** 100%
3. Gauteng Province, South Africa • Multilingual province • 19.8% is iZulu, 13.3% English, 12.4% Afrikaans, 11.6% Sesotho • iZulu=Most common home language
4. IZulu Quick Facts IZulu • Language of the Zulu people • Member of Bantu/Nguni family of languages • Most widely understood language • Christian missionaries • 1859
5. Quick Zulu Hello- Sawubona Hello (more than one person)- Sanibonani How are you?- unjani? Thank you- ngiyabonga
6. References http://www.omniglot.com/writing/zulu.htm http://www.southafrica.info/about/geography/gauteng.htm#.VMaoCF5hNuZ http://www.southafrica.info/about/people/language.htm#.VMab315hNuY