| He rattled something off in his native language that had everyone but Miliar confused. |
| His voice is almost too soft to hear, his English embellished by traces of French and Wolof, the native language of most Senegalese. |
| There are also some 13,000 persons of Asian descent in South Africa who speak Afrikaans as their native language. |
| Most lose or never develop the ability to read and write in their native language. |
| At school we learn French, but we have what we call our native language, which is Wolof. |
| Continued use of their native language and dialect sustains homeland ties and delays acculturation. |
