Languages of South Africa
Name↕ | Language↕ | L1 speakers↕ | L2 speakers↕ | Total speakers↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | Count | Of population | Count | Of population |
Zulu | Zulu | 11,587,374 | 22.7 | 15,700,000 |
Xhosa | Xhosa | 8,154,258 | 16 | 11,000,000 |
Afrikaans | Afrikaans | 6,855,082 | 13.5 | 10,300,000 |
English | English | 4,892,623 | 9.6 | 14,000,000 |
Sepedi | Sepedi | 4,618,576 | 9.1 | 9,100,000 |
Tswana | Tswana | 4,067,248 | 8 | 7,700,000 |
Sotho | Sotho | 3,849,563 | 7.6 | 7,900,000 |
Tsonga | Tsonga | 2,277,148 | 4.5 | 3,400,000 |
Swazi | Swazi | 1,297,046 | 2.5 | 2,400,000 |
Venda | Venda | 1,209,388 | 2.4 | 1,700,000 |
Ndebele | Ndebele | 1,090,223 | 2.1 | 1,400,000 |
SA Sign Language | SA Sign Language | 234,655 | 0.5 | 500,000 |
Other languages | Other languages | 828,258 | 1.6 | |
Total | Total | 50,961,443 | 100 |
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