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Nov 11, 2024 · The founding provisions of South Africa’s constitution recognise 12 official languages: Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu and, since 2023, South African Sign Language or SASL.
Sep 12, 2024 · The home language of most people in KwaZulu-Natal is, unsurprisingly, isiZulu. In the Eastern Cape it’s isiXhosa. Around half the people of the Western Cape and Northern Cape speak Afrikaans. In Gauteng and Mpumalanga, no single language dominates. The main languages of each province are: Eastern Cape – isiXhosa (78.8% ...
Nearly 30% of black South Africans speak isiZulu as a first language, and 20% isiXhosa. Some 76% of coloured people speak Afrikaans, and 86% of Indian South Africans speak English. Sixty percent of white people speak Afrikaans, and 30% speak English.
Sep 30, 2024 · South Africa has nine provinces, each with its own history, landscape, population, languages, economy, cities and government. They are the Eastern Cape, the Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape, North West and the Western Cape.
Oct 31, 2024 · South African English also borrows from African languages such as isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho and Setswana, and the indigenous languages of the Khoesan and Nama people. Here and there are words imported from British, Portuguese and Dutch colonies, such as India, Mozambique, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Each of South Africa’s 11 languages has a fascinating vocabulary, with some words and phrases influenced by other languages, and many unique to that language. Learn a little South African with these animations.
Sep 20, 2024 · Black South Africans spoke their own languages. These had already been ignored in their education. English had long been the medium of instruction – their second language – and was a language most urban young black people were at least familiar with.
Jan 23, 2018 · Bar graph and pie chart showing South Africa’s languages, according to the 2011 census. South Africa’s 11 official languages are Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, and Xitsonga. Sign language and other languages are included.
SOUTH AFRICA: OVERVIEW. Capital cities: Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Cape Town Largest city: Johannesburg Surface area: 1.2-million square kilometres | 4% of Africa Population: 55-million people | 4.5% of Africa’s population Population density: 45 people per square kilometre | 1.1 x African average. SOUTH AFRICA: ECONOMY. Currency: rand (ZAR)
English is most common in public life, but is only spoken as a home language by 9.6% of South Africans. The other languages are Sesotho sa Leboa (spoken by 9.1% of the population), Setswana (8%), Sesotho (7.6%), Xitsonga (4.5%), siSwati (2.5%) and Tshivenda (2.4%). Sign language is spoken by 0.5% of South Africans, and “other” languages by ...
