Abstract
The process of globalization in modern world has affected all spheres of our life—politics, economy and culture. To realize these processes people should have a common means of communication—a lingua franca. The English language has become this lingua franca, as about 1.5 billion people speak English today. This article deals with the problem of the English language africanization, regarding the position of English in South Africa and other languages impact on South African English development, Dutch, Afrikaans and especially native African languages.
Highlights
Africa is considered today to be perhaps the most multilingual region in the world, with more languages spoken per capita than anywhere else
This article deals with the problem of the English language africanization, regarding the position of English in South Africa and other languages impact on South African English development, Dutch, Afrikaans and especially native African languages
The most important work is the short monograph of Mesthrie (1992), which provided a socio-historical theory of English-speaking society in South Africa
Summary
Africa is considered today to be perhaps the most multilingual region in the world, with more languages spoken per capita than anywhere else. Except in a very few cases, African nations are multilingual; the typical country lacks both an indigenous nationwide language of communication and a language policy that proposes the development and implementation of such a language. This situation has facilitated the penetration and entrenchment of the former colonial languages (i.e. English, French, and Portuguese) as the official media of communication for administration, education, commerce, and diplomacy in African states. The reverse situation, the influence of English, French, and Portuguese on African languages, has remained almost completely neglected These are areas of great sociolinguistic interest that might be pursued simultaneously with promising theoretical and practical results
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