GK
WORLD ORGANISATIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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English, French
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Portuguese
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German
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Both (A) and (B)
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Detailed explanation-1: -THE Southern Africa Development Community has adopted Kiswahili as its fourth official language. Other SADC official languages are English, Portuguese and French. The decision was announced at a recent summit of 16 southern African heads of state in Tanzania.
Detailed explanation-2: -South Africa has eleven official languages (see table): English, Afrikaans and nine ethnic languages, of which Zulu and Xhosa are the most widely spoken. While most South Africans can communicate in more than one language, English is the most commonly spoken and the language of official business and commerce.
Detailed explanation-3: -Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (24% of the population), and it is understood by over 50% of its population. It became one of South Africa’s 11 official languages in 1994.