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dyno12345 on April 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: A mother tongue spoken by millions of Americans st...

I had thought that English was more dominant in South Africa than Afrikaans, but I guess it's actually the other way around.

SideburnsOfDoom on April 4, 2013 [–]

As usage of the two languages go, I put it nearer 50%-50% (with slightly more Afrikaans).

As political power went until 1994, all heads of state and of the army (and as far as I remember, all holders of other top positions) were Afrikaners.

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