Afrikaans, should it be preserved?

<< Well, there is an important point. IT IS NOT OFFICIAL IN AFRICAN UNION.

The official languages of African Union are English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Swahili. >>

Hohohoho but Spanish is not official in the African Union.

There is no question of whether Afrikaans should be "preserved". In fact, the language is surving quite well, and is in fact it's thriving. Afrikaans newspapers and magazines are growing, while English ones are mostly losing circulation. SABC3, the commercial channel of the state broadcaster, which until now was totally English, recently announced that it will start broadcasting several Afrikaans programmes, due to the high viewership figures of Afrikaans programmes on other channels, and advertisers' demands for Afrikaans programmes. The exclusively Afrikaans TV channel is prospering. Afrikaans is also steadily growing in the world of commerce, and more and more companies are making a point of providing for Afrikaans.
Afrikaans is the largest language in two provinces, and ahead of English in all but one. Nationally, Afrikaans is the third largest language in terms of native speakers (English fifth), and the largest in terms of people who can speak and understand it.

Afrikaans is a peasant's language. Classy people prefer English.

Only idiots and racists write messages like the one by you, Mooi. So, are you an idiot, a racist, or both?

<<Hohohoho but Spanish is not official in the African Union.>>




Supplemental protocols have made Swahili and Spanish working languages

So, the official languages of the African Union are English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Swahili.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_African_Union

Afrikkaans is the language of apartheid. English is the language of freedom. Afrikaans should not be preserved. It must disspaear.

As a matter of fact, the first apartheid in South Africa existed long before the language existed. During the apartheid years, many English speakers supported apartheid, while many Afrikaans speakers supported it. (The United Party, the main English party in South Africa for many years, officially opposed apartheid, but supported racial segregation and white rule, in other words apartheid under another name). English was also the language used by the British when they invaded many countries on earth, and oppressed them for many years. The white government in the old Rhodesia consisted of English speakers.

There is no such thing as a "language of the oppressor", neither can any language be regarded as the language of freedom. By your argument, I should hate English, since the English for many years oppressed the Afrikaners. Jews should hate German, millions of Africans should hate English, Spanish and French. The people of Pakistan and India likewise should hate English, and so we can go on.

Resentment against a certain language due to what people speaking that language have done, is understandable, but immature. As a matter of fact, more and more people in South Africa who used to object to Afrikaans for political reasons, now happily accept Afrikaans. Nelson Mandela once even used a quotation from an Afrikaans poem during a speech in parliament, and it is a well known fact in SA that he daily reads an Afrikaans newspaper.

But then, Guest, a racist like you could possibly find yourself on the same level of maturity as someone like Mandela.

Afrikaans shall be preserved.

Which will be the first major European language to go?
Dutch of course.
In Holland it will be replaced by English in the fifty years to come.
In Flanders it thrives only due to police or downright terrorist pressure.
Do you know that in Flemish Belgium, elections are declared illegal when a French speaking mayor is elected? City councils are not allowed to congregate, Flemish policemen and nazi militants assault them!
A language that has to use such means to resist its decline has no future.

Last testimony of what the Dutch language used to be will remain Afrikaans.

The future of the Dutch-Flemish federation to come will be an English-Afrikaans bilingualism.

Afrikaans is a racist language. Don't use it.

I know some Afrikaans, and it's incredibly easy to learn - the grammar is almost identical to English.