iNingizimu Afrika (South Africa)
About 50.587 million people live in South Africa. Capital is Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judical). Located in Africa. Currency is the Rand (zar). Telephone prefix is +27
Zulu (isiZulu) is the main language of South Africa (9.2 million speakers)
15 languages spoken mainly here:
- 7.2 million speakers of Xhosa (isiXhosa)
- 5.81 million speakers of Afrikaans
- 3.7 million speakers of Sotho, Northern (Sesotho sa Leboa)
- 1.76 million speakers of Tsonga
- 876,400 speakers of Venda
- 12,100 speakers of South African Sign Language
- Fanagalo
- Camtho
- Gail
- N/u
- Ndebele, South
- Oorlams
- Tsotsitaal
- Xiri
28 languages also spoken here:
- 3.67 million speakers of English
- 3.3 million speakers of Tswana
- 3.1 million speakers of Sotho, Southern
- 1.01 million speakers of Swati
- 170,000 speakers of Urdu (اردو)
- 86,600 speakers of Ronga
- 1,100 speakers of Kxoe
- 1,000 speakers of Kiswahili
- Portuguese (Português)
- Hindi (मानक हिन्दी)
- German (Deutsch)
- French (Français)
- Telugu (తెలుగు)
- Tamil (தமிழ்)
- Italian (Italiano)
- Chinese, Cantonese (粤语)
- Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
- Chinese, Hakka (客家话)
- Dutch (Nederlands)
- Greek, Modern (Ελληνικά)
- Shona
- Tswa
- Yiddish, Eastern
- Angloromani
- Birwa
- Hai//om
- Kung-Ekoka
- Nama (Namibia)
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