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Direct linkLouw, P. Eric – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
The apartheid state deliberately encouraged linguistic diversity and actively built cultural infrastructures which impeded Anglicisation. With the end of apartheid has come "de facto" Anglicisation. So although South Africa has, since 1994, had 11 official languages, in reality, English is swamping the other 10 languages. Afrikaans has,…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Social Change
