LANGUAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA

 The eleven official languages ​​of South Africa are as follows (with the name used for each language, by the speakers of that language, in parentheses): English (English) , Zulu (isiZulu), Xhosa (isiXhosa), Afrikaans (Afrikaans), Sesoto sa Laboa (Esotho sa Leboa), Setswana (Setswana), Tsonga (Xitsonga), Swazi (siSwati), Venda (tshivenda) and Sesoto (sesotho). 

The most common language spoken at home by South Africans is Zulu (23.8% speak Zulu at home), followed by Xhosa (17.6%) and Afrikaans (13.3%).


 English is only the sixth most spoken language in the country as a mother tongue, with 8.2% of the total (1/3 of whites, 10% of mixed races and 60% of Asians), but it is understood in most urban areas and is the predominant language in the government and the media, reaching its knowledge to 1/3 of the population.r

By Diaz Ortiz Edwin Uriel 

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