what do people in south africa speak?
Northern Sotho language Afrikaans Language Tswana Language Venda Language Sotho language Swati Language English Language Tsonga Language Southern Ndebele language Xhosa Language
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 English is the main language used in the education and judiciary systems . The Bantu languages Shona and Sindebele are the principal indigenous languages of Zimbabwe . Shona is spoken by 70 % of the population , Sindebele by 20 % . Other minority Bantu languages include Venda , Tsonga , Shangaan , Kalanga , Sotho , Ndau and Nambya . Less than 2 @.@ 5 % , mainly the white and " coloured " ( mixed race ) minorities , consider English their native language . Shona has a rich oral tradition , which was incorporated into the first Shona novel , Feso by Solomon Mutswairo , published in 1956 . English is spoken primarily in the cities , but less so in rural areas . Radio and television news now broadcast in Shona , Sindebele and English . 

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 English is spoken widely in South Africa and is an official or co @-@ official language in several countries . In South Africa , English has been spoken since 1820 , co @-@ existing with Afrikaans and various African languages such as the Khoe and Bantu languages . Today about 9 percent of the South African population speak South African English ( SAE ) as a first language . SAE is a non @-@ rhotic variety , which tends to follow RP as a norm . It is alone among non @-@ rhotic varieties in lacking intrusive r . There are different L2 varieties that differ based on the native language of the speakers . Most phonological differences from RP are in the vowels . Consonant differences include the tendency to pronounce / p , t , t ͡ ʃ , k / without aspiration ( e.g. / pin / pronounced [ pɪn ] rather than as [ pʰɪn ] as in most other varieties ) , while r is often pronounced as a flap [ ɾ ] instead of as the more common fricative . 

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 Black and White in South Africa 

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 The official languages of the country are French and Sango ; the latter ( originally a language from the Ubangi River region ) is spoken by 90 % of the population . Some of the other languages spoken are Baya ( Gbaya ) , Banda , Ngbaka , Sara , Mbum , Kare , and Mandjia . Sango was simplified by Christian missionaries and is widely used to this day . 

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 In South Africa , such dances as the Zulu Indlamu , the traditional dance most often associated with Zulu culture , is performed with drums and full traditional attire and is derived from the war dances of the warriors . Also , the military influence of the warrior King Shaka is reflected in demonstrations of stick fighting ( umshiza ) with which the male teenagers and men settle their personal differences in a public duel . 
