In continuation of our focus on the eleven official languages of South Africa, we’ll focus on Tsonga, or Xitsonga. Xitsonga is one of South Africa’s official languages and is spoken by the Tsonga people. Tsonga is spoken by 2 277 148 people in South Africa – about 4.5% of the population, and stems from the[…]
Statistics SA and www.southafrica.info offer great insights into the demographics, and specifically, language usage within South Africa. We’ll be posting some of their interesting statistics that came to light during the Census 2011. http://www.southafrica.info/about/people/language.htm#.UPUftG-ddjc#ixzz2I2CyPrvr SiSwati is one of South Africa’s minority languages, spoken by only 2.5% of South Africans, or just under 1.3-million people. It[…]
Swazi (SiSwati) is one of South Africa’s eleven official languages, and we’re searching for insights into the history of the language, the Swazi people and in which particular regions it’s most prevalently spoken. Here is a brief extract from Encyclopedia of World Cultures regarding SiSwati. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Swazi.aspx Identification: “Swazi” refers to the nation, tribe, or ethnic[…]
Welcome back to all those that were on holiday or took leave. We trust you had a great break. Web-lingo is back on the blogosphere and we’re so keen for 2013 that we’re getting into it right away. We’re continuing our focus on South African languages and for the next fortnight, we’re looking at Siswati.[…]