From Afrikaans to Zulu, South Africa's languages have stories to tell (fwd link)

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>From Afrikaans to Zulu, South Africa's languages have stories to tell

PRI's The World <http://www.pri.org/programs/the-world>
Producer Patrick Cox <http://www.pri.org/people/patrick-cox>

December 09, 2013 · 2:00 PM EST

We start with a report on what has happened to South Africa's languages in
the two decades since the end of apartheid. The audio comes from linguist
Mark Turin's BBC documentary, which we ran in its entirety in a previous
podcast<http://pri.org/stories/2013-01-11/new-roles-old-languages-south-africa>
.

During apartheid, South Africa had two official languages, English and
Afrikaans. Indigenous languages, like the people who spoke them, were
considered inferior.

Now, the government officially recognizes nine of those indigenous
languages, along with English and Afrikaans. But all the inclusion masks
some tensions: English dominates in many spheres of business and culture.
as it does in so many countries. Afrikaans remains tainted by its
association with apartheid, but some people are trying to change that.
Also, some middle class blacks prefer to speak English in the home, rather
than Xhosa, Tswana or other indigenous languages.

Our second story is about a man who is trying to update his language, Zulu,
one word at a time.
Access full article below:

http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-12-09/afrikaans-zulu-south-africas-languages-have-stories-tell
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