South Africa : Languages

Afrikaans and English were official languages, although they represent the home languages of only 15 % and 9 % of the total population, respectively. Afrikaans is spoken not only by Afrikaners but also by 83 % of Coloured people. English is the primary language of many whites, but also is spoken by 95 % of Asians. The 1994 constitution added nine African languages to the list of recognized, official languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho or Pedi), Tswana, Sesotho (Southern Sotho), Tsonga, Venda, Ndebele, and siSwati. Some of these African languages are mutually understood and many blacks can speak two or more of them, in addition to English and Afrikaans. Together these 11 languages are the primary languages of 98 % of South Africans. Many Indians also speak Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Gujarati, and Urdu.

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