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    What nations in Africa speak German?

    Question #22829. Asked by Rudolph. (Sep 26 02 11:55 PM)


    Tabby Tom

    		Tabby Tom says:

    Before the first World War, Germany had colonies in German East Africa (now Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) and German South-West Africa (now Namibia).

    According to www.worldlanguages.com German is now the language of 32 per cent of the population of Namibia. There is no mention of German as a language in any of the other former German colonies, and I would think it unlikely that it is spoken elsewhere in Africa (except of course by individuals who have learned it for various reasons.)

    So the only African country which 'speaks German' in any real sense seems to be Namibia.

    Thu Sep 26 19:41:01 CDT 2002 (Delete Entry)
    (Reposted to fix typo - McG)

    Nov 02 02, 4:13 PM
    dmnemaine

    		Cameroon

    Sep 15 07, 12:36 PM

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