South Africa has 11 official languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Sepedi, Sotho, Tswana, Swati, Venda, and Tsonga. A mother tongue is the language you learn from a young age at home. Speaking the same mother tongue is often connected to sharing the same culture through things like food, music, and celebrations. While people may learn and speak other languages, one's mother tongue is an important part of their identity. God created and loves all people equally regardless of differences in language or culture.

1. What language does God speak?

2. South Africa's 11 Official
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3. What are our
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English
Hello, how are you? How much is this?
Thank you
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AfrikaansHello, hoe gaan dit? Hoeveel is dit?Dankie
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Zulu Sawubona, unjani? Imali?Ngiyabonga
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Xhosa Molo, kunjani?Malini na? Enkosi
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Ndebele Lotjhani, Unjani? Yimalini?
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Sepedi
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Sotho Dumela, O kae? Ke bokae? Ke a leboha
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Tswana
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Swati Sawubona, kunjani? Kubita malini loku? Ngiyabonga
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Venda Ndaa, vho vuwa hani? Zwi ita vhugai?
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Tsonga
Siyabonga kakulu
Dumela, O kae? Ke bokae? Ke a leboga
Dumela, O kae? Ke bokae? Ke a leboha
Ndi a livhuwa
Avuxeni, Ku njhani? PXana i mali muni? ndzi khense ngopfu

4. What is a mother
tongue?
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What language do you speak at home?
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How do you say hello in your home language?
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Can you read in your home language?
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The language you learned when you were very small is
your mother tongue.

5. Mother tongue and
culture
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Last year grades 2 and 3 learnt that culture is about the
way people do things.
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People who speak the same mother tongue often share a
culture.
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It's about food, music, celebrations.

6. Why do we care?
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Our mother tongue is important
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Even if we learn in another language our mother tongue or
language is about who we are.
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Respect your language and culture.

7. So, what language does
God speak?
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What language do you use
when you pray to God?
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God created us.
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He created us different but
the same.
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God's language is called Love.
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He sent His son to tell us He
loves us THIS much.
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John 3:16