L'Afrique du Sud, 11 langue officielle: un modèle en termes de richesse linguistique

[TMSN]

CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Chapter 6 : Languages
(1) The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu.


(2) Recognising the historically diminished use and status of the indigenous languages of our people, the state must take practical and positive measures to elevate the status and advance the use of these languages.


(3) (a) The national government and provincial governments may use any particular official languages for the purposes of government, taking into account usage, practicality, expense, regional circumstances and the balance of the needs and preferences of the population as a whole or in the province concerned; but the national government and each provincial government must use at least two official languages.
(b) Municipalities must take into account the language usage and preferences of their residents.

(4) The national government and provincial governments, by legislative and other measures, must regulate and monitor their use of official languages. Without detracting from the provisions of subsection (2), all official languages must enjoy parity of esteem and must be treated equitably.

(5) A Pan South African Language Board established by national legislation must-
(a) promote, and create conditions for, the development and use of-

(i) all official languages;

(ii) the Khoi, Nama and San languages; and

(iii) sign language; and

(b) promote and ensure respect for-

(i) all languages commonly used by communities in South Africa, including German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Portuguese, Tamil, Telegu and Urdu; and

(ii) Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit and other languages used for religious purposes in South Africa.

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Cette partie de leur constitution est tout simplement magnifique, elle fait à la fois preuve d'une fierté nationale en officialisation des langues pansudafricaines populaires, mais aussi de respect et de tolérance en assurant la promotion des langues minoritaires... et ce de façon très claire.

A comparer avec le vague :

Art. 3 bis - Tamazight est également langue nationale.
L'Etat oeuvre à sa promotion et à son développement dans toutes ses variétés linguistiques en usage sur le territoire national.

[Bachi]

L'AFS est un état fédéral qui compte neuf provinces. La langue officielle étant la la langue de l'état, chacun des états province a sa langue officielle.

Quand il y aura neuf états provinces en plus de l'état central, on pourrait demander à l'Algérie d'en faire autant. On en est loin.