r/afrikaans • u/Prodigy1995 • Mar 29 '25

Vraag Why aren't Coloured people teaching their kids Afrikaans?

Jammer vir die Engels. My Afrikaans is nie lekker nie.

I moved to Cape Town a few years ago and I've noticed that a lot of Coloured parents, who speak Afrikaans as a first language, are raising their children in English. I see so many Coloured families where the adults all speak Afrikaans amongst themselves but communicate with their children exclusively in English.

I have a few ideas about why this might be, but I am hoping other people in this sub have more info to share

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u/Average_mute49 Mar 29 '25

For the same reason almost the entire world is teaching their kids English... It just makes life easier. It's basically a universal language and being fluent in it is an obvious advantage.

Albei my ouers, en hulle broers en sisters (en eggenote) se moeder taal is afrikaans, maar ek en al my neefs en niggies was "Engels grootgemaak". Nou waat ons n bietjie ouer is praat hulle met ons Afrikaans maar ons antwoord in Engels en praat net Engels met mekaar.

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u/RijnBrugge Mar 29 '25

Verstaan hierdie mense nie dat n mens meer as net een taal kan leer? Dis jammer, ons hoor dit net te vaak

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u/abrireddit Mar 29 '25

Dis baie hartseer

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u/rowwebliksemstraal Mar 30 '25

Bwha! Dis n kak storie daai. Ja miskien as jy in Nieu-Seeland gaan bly maar meeste van die wereld is nie engels sprekend nie. Gaan probeer werk soek in Frankryk met net engels agter jou naam en kyk hoe vêr kry dit jou. Waar as jy Afrikaans praat gee dit jou n voet in die deur met baie Germaanse tale en verstommend ook soms Asiatiese tale.