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| ennime Tetraglot Senior Member South Africa universityofbrokengl Joined 5906 days ago 397 posts - 507 votes  Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto, Afrikaans Studies: Xhosa, French, Korean, Portuguese, Zulu | Message 1 of 5 08 May 2009 at 2:45am | IP Logged |
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Hi!
I am looking for internet resources a.o. to learn Xhosa or Zulu, I haven't really decided yet which one I want to try, I think it depends on what resources come up... I want to learn because I will be going to South-Africa for a working trip, so will be there for several months probably next year. I can understand Afrikaans, but I really want to learn a African click language to some extent before going there. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| snovymgodom Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5727 days ago 136 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 2 of 5 08 May 2009 at 10:34am | IP Logged |
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I don't know how active Xhosas are on the net, but the forum at isizulu.net has a somewhat active community that would be willing to assist with translations and questions if you decide to go that route.
Do you know what part(s) of South Africa you will be working in? This may affect which of the two languages you learn, but they are fairly close to each other (some even say they are mutually intelligible). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 magister Pro Member United States Joined 6605 days ago 346 posts - 421 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Turkish, Irish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 5 09 May 2009 at 3:16am | IP Logged |
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I would like to echo what snovymgodom wrote above. I think your choice should really depend on where you expect to be working within South Africa. For example, I've been on two working trips to areas around Kuruman in recent years, and I heard nothing but Setswana (and some Sotho).
Do you know yet where you will be sent? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ennime Tetraglot Senior Member South Africa universityofbrokengl Joined 5906 days ago 397 posts - 507 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto, Afrikaans Studies: Xhosa, French, Korean, Portuguese, Zulu | Message 4 of 5 09 May 2009 at 7:34am | IP Logged |
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Well Cape Town part time, but also a lot in Durban... so apart from English and
Afrikaans, it either be Xhosa or Zulu apart from that, which one of the two is the easiest one? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 5 09 May 2009 at 5:09pm | IP Logged |
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Do they have to be online courses? If not, Teach Yourself offer both Xhosa and Zulu.
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