What is the South African mother tongue? What is the South African language?

Updated on international 2024-05-15
13 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    South Africa. Culturally rich, there are 11 different official languages, so depending on the family background, everyone's native language is different, these 11 languages are:

    afrikaans

    english

    zuluxhosa

    tsonga

    swatitswana

    southern sotho

    northern sotho

    vendandebele

    The majority of South Africans speak English, but only a small percentage speak English as their mother tongue. The native language of Afrikaans is Afrikaans, which is widely distributed, with Zulu being the main language in the eastern part of South Africa, and Tswana and Sotho being the majority in the north. Many of the Afrikans languages are similar, such as sotho and tswana, which have similar pronunciations.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    There are 11 official native languages in South Africa, including English, afrikaans, zulu, xhosa, and others.

    Basically, everyone can speak it, and it's generally English, so if you go to South Africa, it's okay to speak English.

    Afrikaans is spoken by about 6.2 million people, including 1 million bilingual people who speak both Afrikaans and English. This number is about 15% of the total population of South Africa, after the Zulu language (Isi Zulu and Isi Xhosa) (the third most spoken language in South Africa). In addition, there are 4 million people in South Africa who speak Afrikaans as a second language.

    Outside of South Africa, there are 130,000 Afrikaans speakers in Namibia, 20,000 in Botswana, and some in Malawi and Zambia.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Chinese languages of the Republic of South Africa: Afrikan, English.

    The Republic of South Africa is located in the southern hemisphere, known as the "rainbow country", located in the southernmost part of the African continent, with a land area of 1219090 square kilometers, surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, south and west, and bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini on land. It faces Australia in the east by the Indian Ocean, and Brazil and Argentina in the west by the Atlantic Ocean.

    South Africa is located in the southernmost part of the African continent, with latitudes ranging from 22° to 35° south latitude and longitude from 17° to 33° east longitude. It is bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini to the north and Lesotho in the middle, making it the largest country in China. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, south and west.

    The Cape of Good Hope route at its southwest end has always been one of the busiest sea lanes in the world, and is known as the "lifeline of the western sea".

    South Africa is located at the southernmost tip of the African Plateau, with coastal lowlands on the south, east and west sides, and heavy mountains to the north. The northern inland area is the Kalahari Desert, mostly shrubland and grass clearings or arid deserts, and this area is about 650 to 1250 meters above sea level. The surrounding highlands are more than 1,200 meters above sea level.

    The highest point in South Africa is Mount Tabana, at 3,482 metres above sea level. To the east, the Yongsan Mountains run through it.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    The Afrikaans language is a popular language in South Africa and Namibia, and is the official language of South Africa, one of the 11 official languages stipulated in the South African Constitution. It is also a "national language" recognized by the Namibian Constitution.

    The Republic of South Africa is referred to as "South Africa". Located in the southern hemisphere, known as the "Rainbow Country", it is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, with a land lead content area of 1219090 square kilometers, surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, south and west, and bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini Huai. It faces Australia across the Indian Ocean to the east, and Brazil and Argentina across the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Zulu, Xhosa.

    There are 2 national languages in South Africa.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    There are 11 official languages in South Africa: English, Afrikanerica (Afrikaans), Zulu, Xhosa, Spedi, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda and Ndebele.

    According to the demographic survey, South Africa's top five languages are ranked as follows: Zulu (30%), Xhosa (18%), Afrikanerica (14%), Spedi (9%), and English (9%).

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Cairo, Egypt Arabic (lingua franca: French).

    Khartoum, Sudan Arabic (lingua franca: English).

    Libya Tripoli Arabic.

    Tunisia Tunisia Arabic (lingua franca: French).

    Rabat, Morocco Arabic (lingua franca: French).

    Algeria Algiers Arabic (lingua franca: French).

    Western Sahara Laayoune Arabic, Spanish.

    Mauritanian Nouakchott Arabic (lingua franca: French).

    Senegal, Dakar, French.

    The Gambia Banjul English.

    Mali Bamako French.

    Guinea-Bissau Bissau Portuguese.

    Guinea Conakry French.

    Sierra Leone, Freetown, English.

    Cape Verde Praia Portuguese.

    Liberia Monrovia English.

    Côte d'Ivoire Mussoukro French.

    Accra Ghana, English.

    Togo Lomé French.

    Benin, Portonovo, Cotonou, French.

    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, French.

    Niger, Niamey, French.

    Chad N'Djamena French, Arabic.

    Nigeria Abuja English.

    Cameroon Yaoundé French.

    Equatorial Guinea Malabo Spanish.

    Central African Bangui French.

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia English.

    Eritrea Asmara English, Arabic.

    Djibouti Djibouti French, Arabic.

    Somali Mogadishu Arabic (lingua franca: English).

    Kenya Nairobi Swahili, English.

    Burundi Bujumbura French.

    Kampala, Uganda English.

    Tanzania Dar es Salaam English.

    Zambia Lusaka English.

    Namibia, Windhoek English.

    Maseru, Lesotho English.

    Pretoria, South Africa English.

    Eswatini Mbabane English.

    Rwanda Kigali French.

    Mozambique Maput Portuguese.

    Zimbabwe Harare English.

    Botswana Gaborone English.

    Malawi Lilongwe English.

    Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Kinshasa French.

    Congo Brazzaville French.

    Gabon Libreville French.

    Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome Portuguese.

    Angola Luanda Portuguese.

    Madagascar Antananarivo French.

    Port Louis, Mauritius in French.

    Comoros Moroni French.

    Seychelles Victoria English.

    Réunion (French Overseas Department) Saint-Denis French.

    St. Helena (British Territories) Jamestown English.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    The official languages of South Africa are English and Afrikaans, as well as 11 Zulu, Xhosa, Spedi, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda and Ndebele.

    Since South Africa was a British colony and now part of the Commonwealth Bundes, its first official language was English. Not many native English speakers are spoken in South Africa, less than 10%, but the majority of South Africans understand English and can communicate in English at a basic level.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    There are 11 official languages in South Africa: English, Aphilicon, Zulu, Xhosa, Spedi, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda and Ndebele.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    South Africa was originally a British colony, so English is spoken in addition to the local indigenous language.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    English or various "African".

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    The ethnic demographics of South Africa are complex.

    There are 11 official languages in South Africa: English, Afrikaner (Afrikaans), Zulu, Xhosa, Spedi, Tswana, Sotho, Tconga, Swazi, Venda and Ndebele.

    According to the demographic survey, South Africa's top five languages are ranked as follows: Zulu (30%), Xhosa (18%), Afrikanerica (14%), Spedi (9%), and English (9%).

    There are 9 main tribes of blacks: Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Tswana, North Sotho, South Sotho, Tsunga, Venda, and Ndebele, and the Bantu language is mainly spoken. Whites are predominantly Afrikaners of Dutch descent (who once called themselves Boers, about 57 percent) and whites of British descent (about 39 percent), and people of color are mixed descendants of colonial whites, indigenous people, and slaves, and the Afrikan language is predominantly spoken. Asians are predominantly Indians and Chinese.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Afrikaans, English, I don't know anything else, but there seem to be many languages.

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