Namibia English sole official language independence native speakers

Namibia made English official despite few native speakers

At independence in 1990, Namibia made English its sole official language, even though virtually no one there spoke it as a native language. The government chose it as a symbolically neutral alternative to German and Afrikaans, which it linked to colonialism and apartheid. German, Afrikaans, and Indigenous languages were designated national languages.

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Namibia English sole official language independence native speakers

Namibia made English official despite few native speakers

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