Not Eleven Languages: Translanguaging and South African Multilingualism in Concert

Dynamic language practices of African multilingual speakers have not been cogently described in a book-length manuscript. This book challenges assumptions that led to South Africa’s 11 official languages and makes a case for mutual inter-comprehensibility. Students, teachers, and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, translanguaging, and teacher education will find this book thought-provoking.

Leketi Makalela, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.