Our 11 Languages
Zulu and Xhosa
IsiXhosa and isiZulu are simular.
A Zulu person can understand a Xhosa person who speaks.
Zulu is spoken mostly in Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal.
Xhosa is spoken mostly in Gauteng,Eastern and Western Cape.
There are 11 South African languages.
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Afrikaans
"Around 5 811 547 people use Afrikaans as their home language in South Africa"
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English
"Around 3 457 467 people use it as their home language in South Africa" Most South Africans understand English
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IsiNdebele (Ndebele)
"Around 586 961 people use isiNdebele as their home languages in South Africa."
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IsiXhosa (Xhosa)
"Around 7 196 118 people in South Africa use it as their home language."
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IsiZulu (Zulu)
"Around 9 200 144 people in South Africa use it as their home language."
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Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
"Around 3 695 846 people in South Africa use it as their home language."
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Sesotho (Southern Sotho)
"Around 3 104 197 people use it as their home language in South Africa. Yet it is also the official language of the Kingdom of Lesotho."
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Setswana (Tswana)
"Around 3 301 774 people in South Africa use it as their home language."
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SiSwati (Swati)
"Around 1 013 193 people in South Africa use it as their home language."
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Tshivenda (Venda)
"Around 876 409 people in South Africa use it as their home language."
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Xitsonga (Tsonga)
"Around 1 756 105 people in South Africa use it as their home language."
Permission from Jako Olivier
He replied to my coaches e-mail and we are allowed to use his site. http://www.salanguages.com. I accessed this site on the 24 of April 2009.
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