AFL2601
ASSIGNMENT 2 2024 SEMESTER 2
JULY 14, 2024
[COMPANY NAME]
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, QUESTION 1
1.1 The nine authority native South African dialects are isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans,
Sepedi, Setswana, English, Sesotho, isiNdebele, and Xitsonga. These dialects can
be delegated a 'language family' all alone in light of the fact that they share normal
semantic elements, history, and social impacts. They all have a place with the bigger
Bantu language family, which is portrayed by its utilization of a thing class
framework, agglutination, and apparent qualifications. Moreover, these dialects have
been spoken in South Africa for a really long time and have been impacted by
collaborations with one another, as well likewise with different dialects in the locale.
The order of these dialects as a 'language family' is likewise upheld by the way that
they are completely perceived as true dialects in South Africa, mirroring their
significance and commitment to the country's etymological variety. Regardless of
being particular dialects with novel qualities, they are undeniably interconnected
through their common history and use in different social settings.
1.2 Afrikaans doesn't frame part of the native South African dialects. Afrikaans
advanced from the Dutch language, which was brought to South Africa by Dutch
pioneers in the seventeenth 100 years. Over the long haul, it formed into an
unmistakable language with impacts from different dialects like Khoisan, Malay,
Portuguese, and native African dialects. While Afrikaans is broadly spoken in South
Africa and is one of the authority dialects, it isn't delegated native since it didn't start
from the native people groups of the area.
1.3 In the area of Gauteng, the language zone is different and multilingual, mirroring
the assorted populace of the region. The standard language in Gauteng is English,
which is generally spoken and utilized in government, training, business, and media.
The decision of English as the standard language in the region is impacted by
verifiable variables, as well as the worldwide glory and financial significance of the
language.
Moreover, Gauteng is a multicultural and cosmopolitan region, with countless
speakers of native South African dialects like isiZulu, isiXhosa, and Sesotho. These
dialects are likewise generally spoken and utilized in different social settings,
mirroring the phonetic variety of the region. The decision of English as the standard
language in Gauteng isn't intended to decrease the significance of native dialects,
yet rather to work with correspondence and cooperation in a different and
multilingual society.
QUESTION 2
2.1 In numerous dialects, including my own, acquired things from different dialects
frequently should be obliged into one of the current thing classes to produce
arrangement morphemes. This is significant on the grounds that it permits these
acquired things to appropriately line up with different components in the sentence
and keep up with linguistic consistency. For instance, in Zulu, "PC" (which is
acquired from English) is obliged into the thing class framework as "ikompyutha"
(class 7/8) to shape concurrence with different components in the sentence.
2.2 Thing classes, for example, class 14 and 15 are viewed as useful things since
they can consolidate with various prefixes and postfixes to shape a large number of