From the teaching of German in schools, to the selling of traditional German dishes, Namibian-German culture is certainly still alive and kicking. English has been the only official language in Namibia since 1990, in an attempt to move on from the bloodied history of the German colonial period. German language in NamibiaGerman is the mother tongue of around 30,000 Namibians, while several hundred thousand more people are said to speak German as a second or third language. READ ALSO: What you need to know about Germany’s four minority languagesThe German spoken in Namibia today is called Namlish or Namsläng by younger Namibians, while German academics tend to refer to it as Namdeutsch. The number of students learning German schools is actually increasing, despite fears from some that the Namibian-German is dying out.

Source: The Local June 24, 2021 15:11 UTC