THE LANGUAGES OF SOUTH AFRICA

How many languages are official in South Africa?
1. Ten
2. Nine
3. Eleven
4. Twelve
Which is the language spoken by the largest number of people?
1. isiXhosa
2. English
3. Afrikaans
4. isiZulu
What is Afrikaans?
1. A language that was brought to South Africa by the Dutch settlers. It resembles Old Dutch.
2. An African language
3. A language spoken in Africa
4. The people who speak an African language
Which is the second most spoken language?
1. IsiZulu
2. English
3. IsiXhosa
4. Afrikaans
When was Afrikaans declared official in South Africa?
1. In 1889
2. In 1935
3. In 1994
4. In 1925
When was English declared official?
1. In 1822
2. In 1922
3. In 1984
4. In 1945
The primary language of government, bussiness, commerce and education is.....
1. Afrikaans
2. English
3. isiXhosa
4. isZulu
Nelson Mandela's mother tongue is
1. English
2. Afrikaans
3. isiXhosa
4. isiZulu
Which of these languages belong to the Indo-European family of languages?
1. isiXhosa, isiZulu and English
2. English, isiNdbele and Afrikaans
3. Afrikaans, Sepedi and Sesotho
4. English and Afrikaans
isiZulu, isiXhosa, Ndbele and Sesotho belong to...
1. the Indo-European family of languages
2. The Germanic family of languages
3. the Bantu family of languages
4. the Latin family of languages