如今,尽管许多年轻的印第安人在家闲聊时,英语中可能会夹杂着印第安语和祖鲁语,但他们大多数时候只讲英语,或者讲英语和南非荷兰语这两种语言。
Today most young Indians speak only English or are bilingual in English and Afrikaans, though they may continue to chat at home in a kind of pidgin English larded with Indian and Zulu.
越来越多的南非黑人不说南非荷兰语是这种语言受到压迫的主因;英语则是文明和声望的象征。
Black South Africans increasingly rejected Afrikaans as the language of the main oppressor; English was a symbol of advancement and prestige.
有些人建议说将官方语言减少到三种:英语,南非荷兰语和祖鲁语,这样更利于管理。 也就是将母语减少到了原来的1/4。
Some people suggest reducing the number of official languages to a more manageable three: English, Afrikaans and Zulu, the mother tongue of nearly a quarter of South Africans.
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