Talk:Demographics of Angola

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[edit] Religions

There was an unsourced, anonymous change of religious statistics. I've reverted, as the figures shown now are as presented on the CIA factbook. Greenman 08:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Languages

The following statement strikes me as extremely odd: "40% of Angolans, including Afrikaners and the remainder (blacks), speak Afrikaans and Bantu languages". I doubt that there are enough Afrikaners in Angola to merit more than a footnote (figuratively speaking). You could just as well state that "40% of Angolans, including Chinese and the remainder (blacks), speak Cantonese or Hakka and Bantu languages". It's silly to lump a statistically-insignificant group (and giving them prominent mention to boot) who speak an unrelated language (other than a few loan words) with the dominant Bantu speakers. Speaking of that, I'd like to see a cite for the 60% Portuguese-speaking assertion. This seems a bit high.GorillaTheater (talk) 20:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I strongly suspect that the picture of the Herero women was taken in Namibia. So far as I know, there are no Herero in Angola. Maybe that explains the "Afrikaner" reference: perhaps someone has confused the two nations.GorillaTheater (talk) 20:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Agree with above whoever wrote that article clearly does not know Angola . Its a joke thats Afrikaans can be mentioned as a significant language in Angola and what Cuban descendants is this person talking about . This article is grossly misleading . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gakaka76 (talk • contribs) 13:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)