I am a UK born East Asian female who lived in Joburg (alone) as an expat for a few years... and I really love it. Yes, there are safety concerns so you must take precautions, however, I found the locals to be extremely warm and friendly (the one thing I wasn't expecting when I arrived), the weather is spot on, it's very cheap, good quality new build apartments in places like Sandton, Rosebank, Parkhurt, Bryanston etc and AMAZING quality restaurants e.g you can get an excellent fillet steak and a glass of wine for $15 in a high end restaurant. The going out scene was a little quiet but you could definitely find bars clubs open until 2/3 am. Meeting people I found easy as all the locals want to talk to you. A nomad wanting a high quality and cheap lifestyle I think would enjoy it. With that being said, Cape Town would be the better choice for a Nomad in South Africa.
What is the easiest South African language to learn?
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There are nine official languages in South Africa. Most europeans speak english and / or afrikaans. Amongst the africans they would speak their mother tongue, (zulu, xhosa, pedi, venda etc and either english or afrikaans. Depending on where you come from either english or afrikaans would be the easiest to learn.
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ZULU. Even though South Africa has 11 official languages, as well as others, Zulu can be seen as perhaps the strongest of them all.
Beside above, what is the easiest language to learn in the world? Weve decided to rank the order from easiest languages to learn to the hardest.
- Spanish. Speaking: Very Easy. Grammar: Very Easy.
- Italian. Speaking: Easy. Grammar: Easy.
- French. Speaking: Moderate. Grammar: Moderate.
- Portuguese. Speaking: Moderate.
- German. Speaking: Difficult.
- Hindi. Speaking: Moderate.
- Mandarin. Speaking: Difficult.
Just so, what is the easiest African language to learn?
Swahili is said to be the easiest African language for an English speaker to learn. It is heavily influenced by Arabic and Indo-European languages such as Portuguese, German, English, and French. Its one of the few sub-Saharan African languages that have no lexical tone, just as in English.
Is Zulu hard to learn?
A quick Zulu lesson The isiZulu language, although not overly difficult to learn, has a complex linguistic make up. Henning explains that his latest lessons focuses on 12 prefixes, which will help them to understand if a word is spoken or written in a singular or plural tense.
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