South Africa Language Stats

Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
Major language(s): Country major languages.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
English status	The main means of communication in urban areas. Many second generation people from India, Portugal, Germany, and Greece speak English as first language. Official language. Bible 1382-1989.	1989
Languages	IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%	2001
Linguistic diversity index	0.869	2009	20th out of 200
Major language(s)	11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu	2013

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