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<blockquote data-quote="User1245" data-source="post: 938865" data-attributes="member: 40986"><p>Going off the squad on Wikipedia, Warren Whitely is probably the only person who's mother tongue would be English. However it's common in South Africa for people to be completely bilingual. A guy like Malcolm Marx sounds completely bilingual but probably more Afrikaans. </p><p>Generally rule is whites and coloureds are Afrikaans, black African whatever ethnic group they're from: Xhosas, Zulu, Tsonga, etc however they would have a second language. General rule for them is if they grew up along the coast it would be English, if they grew up in the interior mostly Afrikaans and maybe English depending on the town/city. Honestly the language preference can change from suburb to suburb in a city. That said Afrikaans is more prevalent in the interior from my experience. Clear as mud! </p><p></p><p>As above, for cities it depends. Durban would have more English, Cape Town would be more Afrikaans but English would be a close second. Outside of Cape Town would be very Afrikaans. Pretoria is more Afrikaans than Jo'burg, which has its fair share of English. Bloemfontein is very Afrikaans. Honestly it's pretty complicated to explain. Fellow Saffas correct me if I'm wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="User1245, post: 938865, member: 40986"] Going off the squad on Wikipedia, Warren Whitely is probably the only person who's mother tongue would be English. However it's common in South Africa for people to be completely bilingual. A guy like Malcolm Marx sounds completely bilingual but probably more Afrikaans. Generally rule is whites and coloureds are Afrikaans, black African whatever ethnic group they're from: Xhosas, Zulu, Tsonga, etc however they would have a second language. General rule for them is if they grew up along the coast it would be English, if they grew up in the interior mostly Afrikaans and maybe English depending on the town/city. Honestly the language preference can change from suburb to suburb in a city. That said Afrikaans is more prevalent in the interior from my experience. Clear as mud! As above, for cities it depends. Durban would have more English, Cape Town would be more Afrikaans but English would be a close second. Outside of Cape Town would be very Afrikaans. Pretoria is more Afrikaans than Jo'burg, which has its fair share of English. Bloemfontein is very Afrikaans. Honestly it's pretty complicated to explain. Fellow Saffas correct me if I'm wrong? [/QUOTE]
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