quote:Originally posted by caribj:quote:Originally posted by Lucas:
No language has yet consolidated or established in Namibia. The nation was founded by the German, so they speak German. When the English took it from the German they made English official but German didn't disappear. The fact that they are studying Portuguese reflects the preeminence of the Brazilian and Portuguese influence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
http://www.grnnet.gov.na/
English is the official language. They have very close ties to South Africa. Portuguese is not spoken in SA.
Sorry English will be the most popular European language. Portuguse will be regarded as useful...most likely due to ties with neighboring Angola.
Brazilians wishing to do business in Namibia will do so in ENGLISH...which most educated Brazilians speak.
You will see a quick declining of the English language in coming years. White Australia will adopt Mandarin as official language, Canada will adopt Spanish, most of Africa will make Portuguese official. India will reconcile with its own language re-adopting it as its education language and will make Mandarin compulsory as foreign language in schools. England will become a third rate country (like Portugal) whereas the US will be demoted to just a power. The Guyanese will continue speaking Caribbean English because no other skills are required to do cleaning jobs in Spanish or Portuguese speaking countries.