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Language
South Africa is called multilingual country. It has 11 official languages. Besides the official languages, Asian, African, and European languages are also spoken. English is also spoken as it is the language of business, political and media. And it is also in country´s lingu franca.
The 11 official languages of South Africa are:
- Afrikaans
- English
- isiNdebele
- IsiXhosa
- isiZulu
- Sepedi
- Sesotho
- SiSwati
- Tshivenda
- Xitsonga
Other than the 11 official languages 8 unofficial languages are spoken in South Africa by the small population. They are Arabic, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Portuguese, Khoi, Nama and san languages are the other languages spoken in South Africa.
Zulu is the most widely language of South Africa. Both Multilingualism and Bilingualism are common in the country.
