Off topic: What's the official language of South Africa? Thread poster: Robbie Jia
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Robbie Jia 
China
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I am dealing with a project for multi-languages.
The client needs to the language pair of Chinese to South Africa language.
what's the official language of South Africa (excluding English)?
what's the very popular language of South Africa ?
thanks...
| | | | | Well,.... :-) | Nov 9, 2012 |
Well, as far as I know, South Africa has 11 official languages! But besides English, Afrikaans is the most popular language down there.
Have a look here as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_South_Africa
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| | | | Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 10:11
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| Eleven official languages | Nov 9, 2012 |
I found this on the Internet at http://srufaculty.sru.edu/james.hathaway/rainbow/11_official_languages.htm:[
South Africa's 11 Official Languages
Afrikaans 5,811,547
Setswana 3,301,774
English 3,457,467
SiSwati 1,013,193
IsiNdebele 586,961
Tshivenda 876,409
IsiXhosa 7,196,118
Xitsonga 1... See more I found this on the Internet at http://srufaculty.sru.edu/james.hathaway/rainbow/11_official_languages.htm:[
South Africa's 11 Official Languages
Afrikaans 5,811,547
Setswana 3,301,774
English 3,457,467
SiSwati 1,013,193
IsiNdebele 586,961
Tshivenda 876,409
IsiXhosa 7,196,118
Xitsonga 1,756,105
IsiZulu 9,200,144
Other 228,275
Sepedi 3,695,846
Sesotho 3,104,197
Unspecified 355,538
Total 40,583,574
Source: SA Census (1996)
So if you want the official language with most speakers, then it's IsiZulu (more speakers than Afrikaans). ▲ Collapse
| | | | Robbie Jia
China
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks so much for your help. | Nov 9, 2012 |
Katinka24 wrote:
Well, as far as I know, South Africa has 11 official languages! But besides English, Afrikaans is the most popular language down there.
Have a look here as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_South_Africa
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Robbie Jia
China
Local time: 21:11
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TOPIC STARTER | Thanks so much for your help. | Nov 9, 2012 |
Paul Dixon wrote: I found this on the Internet at http://srufaculty.sru.edu/james.hathaway/rainbow/11_official_languages.htm:[ South Africa's 11 Official Languages Afrikaans 5,811,547 Setswana 3,301,774 English 3,457,467 SiSwati 1,013,193 IsiNdebele 586,961 Tshivenda 876,409 IsiXhosa 7,196,118 Xitsonga 1,756,105 IsiZulu 9,200,144 Other 228,275 Sepedi 3,695,846 Sesotho 3,104,197 Unspecified 355,538 Total 40,583,574 Source: SA Census (1996) So if you want the official language with most speakers, then it's IsiZulu (more speakers than Afrikaans).
| | | | Usch Pilz
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As Paul says - Zulu is a pretty safe bet. Especially since modern Zulu and modern Ndebele have many similarites - so that covers another big group.
In addition to that, most people in Southern Africa will speak and understand at least some Zulu.
| | | | Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 14:11
| South Africa also has translators and translation agencies | Nov 10, 2012 |
Your client would be best advised to contact one of the leading South African localisation companies to give them advice.
I have no commercial interest in this suggestion. It is common sense to go to those who know best, don't you think?
Contact me privately if you cannot find what you need on Google.
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