Day: January 3, 2011

  • Language of Afrikaans and Khoisan Two of 24 Spoken in South Africa

    Language of Afrikaans and Khoisan Two of 24 Spoken in South Africa

    Not many people know that 24 living languages are spoken in South Africa today. Of these, according to some estimates, Afrikaans is spoken by around 23 million people, or 46% of the population of nearly 50 million people. At the other end of the scale, an almost extinct Khoisan language known by various names, including Ng’uki,…