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| SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGE STATS: |
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English speakers
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6 |
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[6th of 52]
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English status
The main means of communication in urban areas. Many second generation people from India, Portugal, Germany, and Greece speak English as first language. Official language. Bible 1382-1989. |
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English-speaking population > As an additional language
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10
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[10th of 59]
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English-speaking population > First language
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6
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[6th of 62]
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English-speaking population > Total
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11 |
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[11th of 0]
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John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Koos van der Merwe, Piet Pompies |
Languages
IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census) |
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Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate
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110
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[110th of 174]
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Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > %
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16
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[16th of 37]
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Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates
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16
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[16th of 37]
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; English-speaking population includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. A first language, native language, arterial language, mother tongue, or L1 in linguistics, is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language. A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue (L1).; A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA
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