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Black South African English, or BSAE, is spoken by individuals whose first language is an indigenous African tongue. [4] BSAE is considered a "new" English because it has emerged through the education system among second-language speakers in places where English is not the majority language. [4]
South African English – Versatile and Unique. Of the two European languages which were brought to South Africa during the early days of colonization, English is undoubtedly the most widespread. Because of the prevalence of this language, English is the main language used in government and business. Though English is not the first language of ...
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Apr 19, 2017 · The English language first came to the southern tip of Africa 1795 when the British occupied the Cape of Good Hope in order to protect their trade with India and the Orient. They left in 1803 as part of the terms of the Treaty of Amiens, but in January 1806 they returned for good, after what was a brief interlude when the Batavian Republic (a ...
- Map of English Speaking Countries in Africa. Here’s a look at the top English-speaking countries in Africa, where the populations embrace English for common communication in business, government, tourism, diplomacy, and education settings.
- South Africa. South Africa unquestionably tops the list of English-speaking countries in Africa, based on the 2021 EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) from Education First.
- Kenya. Stemming from a British presence by the late 1800s and colonization by 1920, Kenya retains a high level of English proficiency. The country teaches English in public schools, raising varying levels of English use to an estimated 30 to 50 percent of the population.
- Nigeria. Just a few notches below Kenya on the EF EPI index, Nigeria is one of the largest English-speaking countries in Africa. Estimates place the number of Nigerians who speak at least some level of English at more than 110 million.
Though whites of English-speaking descent make up only about 8% of South Africa's population of 44 million, their culture and their language are powerful influences in a country where more than three-quarters of the people are blacks. English is one of 11 official languages in South Africa (the others are Afrikaans, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi ...
SA Sign Language. 0.5%. 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 ...
The English language has been present in South Africa since the end of the eighteenth century. Although regional varieties were established as part of the nineteenth-century development of South African English (SAfE) as its own variety, the general consensus has been that since the mid-twentieth century the ancestral ‘settler’ variety of SAfE has shown a high degree of regional ...
