Essays on Afrikaans

As a young South African, I grew up in the heart of the countryside on a sheep farm. Within our small community, Afrikaans is our language for communication between one another. I grew up in my mother tongue called Afrikaans, that’s the language that shaped me into the person I am today. I grew up...

This paper will discuss the past and current language policies of South Africa and how the influence of English is aiding the demise of indigenous languages; shown through various articles and research from South African and other world linguistics. Currently, South Africa has eleven official languages. An official language can be defined as a language...

Hello, my name is Danielle. I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. My mother tongue is Afrikaans, I also speak English fluently. My mother was born in Holland and has taught my siblings and me, from a young age, to read and speak Dutch. My father, however, was born in Pretoria and...