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18 May 1995
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Your advertisement re:
official country's languages refers.
I agree that the use of eleven
official languages is impractical. The learning of eleven languages by the
population is impossible.
Consequently the official languages should be
restricted to a minimum.
This minimum can be determined by the languages
that is used most commonly by the nation. It must also be understood by the
majority.
This come down to Afrikaans (even though it is not accepted by most
politicians), English, Xhosa and Zulu.
It is argued that the languages is
possibly not used by people that is distant and is not understood. These people
do not often receive
official or other correspondence. They are probably not in
a state to read either. They are reached by other sorts of communication
namely
the radio, such communication medium is normally
non-official.
Consequently I want to plead for the official languages to
be limited to the following:
- Preferably:-
Afrikaans
and English ~ because it will reach a large part of the nation; or
- Otherwise:-
Afrikaans,
English, Xhosa and Zulu - in this way you can communicate with most of the
nation.
E A RAATH
Waterkloofrif
Pretoria
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