Answer to Question #225890 in Psychology for Nqoqo

Question

Choose 6 different South African vernacular languages, provide us with six names. Research the circumstances for these specific names.

Answer 1

South African vernacular languages

1.     Afrikaans-Low Franconian

2.     isiNdebele-Nguni

3.     isiXhosa- Nguni

4.     Sesotho-Sotho-Tswana

5.     Tshivenda-Sotho-Makua-Venda

6.     Xitsonga-Tswa-Ronga

Some believe that if black South Africans gain power, Nguni and Sotho will become official languages alongside English.

The situation in South Africa adds an ironic dimension to the subject of vernacular education. Because the vernaculars were imposed to separate blacks from the well-established white power structure, they have been opposed; in other African nations, blacks are searching for ways to encourage literacy in the vernaculars as a manner of erasing the colonial legacy.

 In South Africa, like in the rest of the world, language and politics are inextricably linked. The government's divide-and-conquer strategy to black language policy is linked to the entire deteriorating legal system that keeps black people in poverty indefinitely. In language, as in all other elements of political life, the enlightened policy is required.