What is Languages of South Africa?
[[File:South Africa dominant language map.svg|thumb|right|Dominant languages in South Africa. This map shows which languages are most spoken in the different parts of South Africa. {{Clear}} {{columns |col1= {{legend|#8dd3c7|Afrikaans}} {{legend|#ffffb3|English}} {{legend|#bebada|Southern Ndebele}} {{legend|#fb8072|Xhosa}} {{legend|#80b1d3|Zulu}} {{legend|#fdb462|Northern Sotho}} |col2= {{legend|#b3de69|Southern Sotho}} {{legend|#fccde5|Tswana}} {{legend|#bc80bd|Swati}} {{legend|#ccebc5|Venda}} {{legend|#ffed6f|Tsonga}} {{legend|#d0d0d0|None dominant}}}}]] [[South Africa]] has eleven [[official language]]s. They are [[Afrikaans]], [[South African English|English]], [[Southern Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Northern Sotho]], [[Sesotho language|Sesotho]], [[Swazi language|Swazi]], [[Tswana language|Setswana]], [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Venda language|Venda]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] and [[Zulu language|Zulu]]. Most South Africans (over 99%) speak one of these languages as a [[first language]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Census 2001: Census in brief |publisher=Statistics South Africa |year=2009 |page=14 |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/CInBrief/CIB2001.pdf |access-date=2011-07-03 |archive-date=2005-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505140723/http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/HTML/CInBrief/CIB2001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most South Africans can speak more than one language. Prior to 1994, South Africa had only two official languages, English and Afrikaans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.za/documents/constitution/83cons.htm|title=Republic of South Africa Constitution Act 110 of 1983|publisher=Government of South Africa|date=15 October 2004|accessdate=2011-07-03|archive-date=2011-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105033409/http://www.info.gov.za/documents/constitution/83cons.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> All the official languages are equally spoken and recognized everywhere in South Africa even though they are dominant in their respective provinces. Sesoth