A new pocket-sized phrasebook of South Africa’s 11 official languages will be useful for tourists while visiting South Africa in June for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, and anyone who wants to get by travelling throughout the diverse country.

The Hello South Africa phrasebook translates over 600 English phrases into South Africa’s other ten official languages, namely Afrikaans, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swati, Tshonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. English is widely spoken in most provinces, but South Africa is so diverse that being able to converse with its citizens in their mother tongue language is guaranteed to enrich the cultural experience of the country.

The phrasebook includes a brief history of South Africa and its colourful linguistic heritage, as well as language distribution maps, which show where each language is spoken and where the phrasebook is likely to be needed.
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