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Currently, the distribution area extends mainly to rural areas in central Namibia and the cities of Windhoek and Swakopmund.According to various sources, 16,000–25,000 speakers (L1 and L2; 2012), [5] or almost 20,000 German native speakers (2011) [6] in 4,359 households in Namibia. [7]
Owners were the German Namibians Wilfried Hähner and Sybille Rothkegel, [1] and since August 2020 Sybille Moldzio and Kai-Uwe Schonecke. The station was from 2012 to 2014 and is since February 2020 located at Maerua Mall in Windhoek. In between, Hitradio Namibia broadcast from its own broadcasting centre in Windhoek-Suiderhof.
German family in Keetmanshoop, 1926. Today, English is the country's sole official language, but about 30,000 Namibians of German descent (around 2% of the country's overall population) and possibly 15,000 black Namibians (many of whom returned from East Germany after Namibian independence) still speak German or Namibian Black German, respectively. [1]
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Namibia. At present, the capital city of Windhoek hosts 34 embassies/high commissions. Map of diplomatic missions in Namibia
Due to the German diaspora, many other countries with sizable populations of (mostly bilingual) German L1 speakers include Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Paraguay, as well as the United States. [21] However, in none of these countries does German or a German variety have any legal status.
Germany–Namibia relations are the bilateral relationship of Germany and Namibia. This relationship is of particular importance as Namibia was colonized and occupied by the German Empire in the 19th century. There is also a community of approximately 30,000 German Namibians residing in Namibia today. [1] Both nations are members of the United ...
This article details the geographical distribution of speakers of the German language, regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken.In addition to the Germanosphere (German: Deutscher Sprachraum) in Europe, German-speaking minorities are present in many other countries and on all six inhabited continents.
Although the number of Angolans in Namibia declined from 2014 to 2015, affected by the neighbouring country's economic crisis, there are still around 100,000 Portuguese speakers in Namibia as of 2024, equivalent to 3.3% of the country's population. [6] [7] [8] The language is now offered as an optional subject in many schools throughout the ...