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The name of which African nation, whose official language is English, consists of the name of its national language preceded by a prefix meaning 'many'?
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Hi,
The only such name I can think of is the country Botswana - the prefix "bo-" indicates a plural form. The language of the Batswana (ba- prefix indicates people) people is Tswana or sometimes written as Setswana (se- prefix indicates language). And English is the official language of Botswana.
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Questions relating to South African English and the language Afrikaans. Even some questions on Southern African languages, especially Sesotho (Southern Sotho) would be appropriate. I can also do short translations between Afrikaans and English.
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Experience: Afrikaans is my first language, while English and Sesotho are my second and third languages respectively. Translation studies is also one of my subjects. Currently I'm busy with with my Masters degree.
Organizations: Linguistics Association of South Africa Silent Night Association (International)
Education: BA Degree (2000 - Potchefstroom University, South Africa), BA Honours (2001 - Potchefstroom University, South Africa) and Translation Studies at MA level (2001 - University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Currently studying at Potchefstroom University, South Africa.
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