/ World Language Atlas / South Africa Official: Afrikaans and English and Northern Sotho and South African Sign Language and South Ndebele and Southern Sotho and Swati and Tsonga and Tswana and Venda and Xhosa and Zulu
South Africa has a population of 60.4 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 13 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Afrikaans and English and Northern Sotho and South African Sign Language and South Ndebele and Southern Sotho and Swati and Tsonga and Tswana and Venda and Xhosa and Zulu serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in South Africa, 10 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.
"isiZulu or Zulu (official) 25.3%, isiXhosa or Xhosa (official) 14.8%, Afrikaans (official) 12.2%, Sepedi or Pedi (official) 10.1%, Setswana or Tswana (official) 9.1%, English (official) 8.1%, Sesotho or Sotho (official) 7.9%, Xitsonga or Tsonga (official) 3.6%, siSwati or Swati (official) 2.8%, Tshivenda or Venda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele or Ndebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes South African..."