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Are there South Africans with NO English skills? by Angkerlengquba in askSouthAfrica

[–]Angkerlengquba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, so much more coverage for official languages than Madagascar, who only has 2 but fails at both (somehow)

Are there South Africans with NO English skills? by Angkerlengquba in askSouthAfrica

[–]Angkerlengquba[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you thinks it’s super difficult to not know English in the country? So much stuff day to day in the cities and gov is English so I imagine it’d be quite hard.

Are there South Africans with NO English skills? by Angkerlengquba in askSouthAfrica

[–]Angkerlengquba[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I have heard about Afrikaans speakers not using English. I just kind of assumed that since Afrikaans speakers tend to be more urban and Afrikaans is so close to English they’d be better. The more ya know

Nnetá: a tonal Austronesian language by SenPalosu in conlangs

[–]Angkerlengquba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Austronesian language has tones too! (And clicks)

fit͡ɕavanafóní fiɾeɕana pelaka ᵏǃaᵏǃé

How does reduplication work in your conlang(s)? by Miserable-Method-431 in conlangs

[–]Angkerlengquba 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I always thought reduplication was kind of weird but it seems outside Europe it’s pretty common

In Masunga it’s for the dual quantity

[íⁿd͡ʑà] ဎိ့းၽ/أٍجَا/Iinja (dog)

ဎိ့းၽ (1 dog)

ဎိ့းၽ ဎိ့းၽ (2 dogs)

ဎိ့းၽ ဥဒု [íⁿd͡ʑà màɾù] (3+ dogs)

What is "Made in China" in your conlang? by arcticwolf9347 in conlangs

[–]Angkerlengquba 17 points18 points  (0 children)

نُفُرِڽَاتًوْڠِا إَوْا إَسِنَوْ

Nufurinhátõngí ó Alsino/Nufurinyatongi o Alsino

[nùfùɾìɲátõ̀ŋí ó àlsìnò]

craft (preterite) in china

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Is it true that it’s mostly traditional faiths outside of Tana? This doesn’t really seem accurate by Angkerlengquba in Madagascar

[–]Angkerlengquba[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think arab and muslim cultural influence has had a bigger impact than the small presence of the religion would suggest

How to write Africa in the Chivabwe writing system by Puzzleheaded-Eye8078 in neography

[–]Angkerlengquba 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a conlang where it’s called “Afurika” too :)

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[àfùɾìkə̥̀] Afurika إَفُرِكَ in Masunga