Multilingual ABC

An introduction to the animal and languages of the southern African region.

Like many other places in the world, Southern Africa is becoming increasingly polyglot. If there is the notion of a rainbow nation, then the current diversity of languages resembles multicoloured confetti thrown in the air at a wedding.

But not being able to speak other languages is what keeps people apart (and who wants that?). After all, so much of what we understand and communicate is said.