Languages of South Africa

South Africa has 11 official languages, which is second in numbers only to India. It also recognises 8 non-official languages.

Contents

1 Official Languages 2 Other languages 3 Extinct Languages 4 External Links

Official Languages

• English
• Afrikaans
• Zulu
• Xhosa
• Ndebele
• Northen Sotho
• Southern Sotho
• Tswana
• Swazi
• Venda
• Tsonga

Other languages

The Constitution of South Africa also recognises a further 8 non-official languages. These are: Fanagalo, Lobedu, Northern Ndebele, Phuthi, Sign Language, Khoe, Nama and San.

Significant numbers of immigrants from Europe, elsewhere in Africa, and the Indian Subcontinent mean that a wide variety of other languages can also be found in parts of South Africa. These include German, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Urdu and a number of West African languages.

Extinct Languages

• //xegwi
• /xam
• Seroa

External Links

Ethnologue Listing of South African Languages

See also: Languages of South Africa, //xegwi, /xam, Africa, Afrikaans language, Constitution of South Africa, English language, Europe, French language, German language