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At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.
South African citizens have the right to be tried in their language, but dispositions are only provided for the 11 official languages of the country. As a consequence, first-language Iscamtho-speakers face inequalities compared to the rest of the population, as they might be tried in a language which is not the one they master best.
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Some also have fluency in the German, Portuguese and Spanish languages. Central African Republic: French & Sango (both official) [2] and 50 other African languages. Chad: French and Arabic (both official) [3] + more than 100 African languages.
Pages in category "Languages of South Africa" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
There are eleven official names of South Africa, [1] one in each of its 12 official languages. The number is surpassed only by India. The number is surpassed only by India. These languages include English , Afrikaans , the Nguni languages ( Zulu , Xhosa , Ndebele , and Swazi ), the Sotho-Tswana languages ( Tswana , Sotho , and Pedi ), Venda ...
English: Map showing the dominant home languages in South Africa, according to Census 2011, using data aggregated to regular 50km 2 hexagonal cells. In this context, a language is dominant if it more than 50% of the population in a ward speak it at home, or more than 33% speak it and no other language is spoken by more than 25%.
Nhlangwini/Ntlangwini (Hlangwane) is a Bantu language of South Africa.It is located along the border between Xhosa and Zulu, but is more closely related to Swazi.. The Nhlangwini/Ntlangwini people are the largest Nguni ethnic group in KZN South Coast, Bulwer, Mzimkhulu and in parts of the Eastern Cape areas such as Matatiele (kwaMzongwana and Makhoba) Tsolo, Tsomo, Ngqamakhwe, Willowvale ...