It is currently spoken as a second language by people generally over 50 years old, who today usually also speak Standard or Namibian German, Afrikaans, or English.
[3] Along with general learning in the metropolitan environments of Southern Namibia where Namibian German is spoken, NBG may be preserved nominally through parent-to-child or in-house transmission.
Colonial acquisition of German in Namibia often took place outside of formal education and was primarily self-taught.
[4] English and Afrikaans have left an influence on the development of NBG, leading to three primary prepositional patterns:[5] Examples of phrases with Standard German equivalents:
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