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    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...
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    over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...
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    South African English (SAfE, SAfEn, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans. British settlers first arrived in the...
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    population of South Africa is about 62 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions. The South African National Census of 2022 was...
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  • in South Africa, including languages used for religious purposes, languages which are important for international trade and communication, and South African...
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    from the English word "people", common to many of the Bantu languages. The Oxford Dictionary of South African English describes "Bantu", when used in a contemporary...
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    BaTswana, BaSotho (South Sotho), Tsonga, Swazi, Venda and South Ndebele people, all of whom are represented in the languages of South Africa. According to...
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    These languages can be chosen as a third language up to the final year of school. English is the first language of most Indian South Africans. From the...
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    Festival) Languages of South Africa Languages of Zimbabwe § Afrikaans List of Afrikaans language poets List of Afrikaans singers List of English words of Afrikaans...
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    South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798...
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    The Bantu languages (English: UK: /ˌbænˈtuː/, US: /ˈbæntuː/ Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu...
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    Zaidel-Rudolph. The lyrics employ the five most widely spoken of South Africa's twelve official languages – Xhosa (first stanza, first two lines), Zulu (first...
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  • South Africa is a culturally and ethnically diverse country with twelve official languages and a population known for its multilingualism. Mixing languages...
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    Tuu languages, or Taa–ǃKwi (Taa–ǃUi, ǃUi–Taa, Kwi) languages, are a language family consisting of two language clusters spoken in Botswana and South Africa...
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  • KWAY) languages are the largest of the non-Bantu language families indigenous to Southern Africa. They were once considered to be a branch of a Khoisan...
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  • languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa (mainly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini) by the Nguni people. Nguni languages include...
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    The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika; pronunciation) was the historical predecessor to the present-day...
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  • South African may relate to: The nation of South Africa South African Airways South African English South African people Languages of South Africa Southern...
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    Southern Ndebele is an African language belonging to the Mbo group of Bantu languages, spoken by the Ndebele people of South Africa. Northern Ndebele or...
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    Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic,...
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    Bantu languages, after Swahili. Like many other Bantu languages, it is written with the Latin alphabet. In South African English, the language is often...
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    Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately...
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  • is a Bantu language of South Africa, claimed to be extinct in some sources. As of 1999, however, there were still a number of communities of speakers in...
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    White South Africans are South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking...
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  • family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan. They form the western branch of the South Semitic languages, itself a sub-branch of Semitic...
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  • Thumbnail for Languages of South Sudan
    South Sudan is a multilingual country, with over 60 indigenous languages spoken. The official language of the country is English which was introduced...
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    German is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. The Germanic languages are traditionally subdivided...
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  • The South African rand, or simply the rand, (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the official currency of South Africa. It is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: "c")...
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    their native language, with English acting as a lingua franca in commerce, education, and government. South Africa has eleven official languages, but other...
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  • Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken in Lesotho, and South Africa where it is an official language. Like all Bantu languages, Sesotho...
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