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Almost all South Africans speak English to some degree of proficiency, in addition to their native language, with English acting as a lingua franca in commerce, education, and government. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] South Africa has twelve official languages, but other indigenous languages are spoken by smaller groups, chiefly Khoisan languages .
Due to English being an official language of South Africa, dialects that have contrary methods in language and pronunciation to English become isolated from the speech in that area. For instance, "it lacks the tense/lax contrast and central vowels in the mesolectal variety." [5]
An erosion ditch of the type found in South African topography (from Zulu, wall). [16] draadkar/draad-kar A toy car which is constructed out of throw-away steel wires. entjie A cigarette. [17] erf (Plural erfs, in English, erven/erve in Dutch/Afrikaans) a plot of land in an urban area (from Cape Dutch). [18]
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.
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The history of the Ndebele people begin with the Bantu Migrations southwards from the Great Lakes region of East Africa. Bantu speaking peoples moved across the Limpopo river into modern day South Africa and over time assimilated and conquered the indigenous San people in the North Eastern regions of South Africa.
The Zulu calendar is the traditional lunisolar calendar used by the Zulu people of South Africa. [1] Its new year begins at the new moon of uMandulo(September) in the Gregorian calendar . The Zulu calendar is divided into two seasons, the summer iHlobo and Winter ubuSika . [ 2 ]
Currently, shebeens are legal in South Africa and have become an integral part of South African urban culture, serving diverse commercial brands from beer, cider to whisky as well as umqombothi, a traditional African beer made from maize and sorghum. Shebeens still form an important part of today's social scene.