2.8 Home language by province (percentages)*
Eastern |
Free |
Gauteng |
Kwazulu- |
Mpuma- |
Northern |
Northern |
North |
Western |
South |
|
Afrikaans |
9.6 |
14.5 |
16.7 |
1.6 |
8.3 |
69.3 |
2.2 |
7.5 |
59.2 |
14.4 |
English |
3.7 |
1.3 |
13.0 |
15.8 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
20.3 |
8.6 |
IsiNdebele |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
12.5 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
IsiXhosa |
83.8 |
9.4 |
7.5 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
6.3 |
0.2 |
5.4 |
19.1 |
17.9 |
IsiZulu |
0.4 |
4.8 |
21.5 |
79.8 |
25.4 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
22.9 |
Sepedi |
0.0 |
0.2 |
9.5 |
0.0 |
10.5 |
0.0 |
52.7 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
9.2 |
Sesotho |
2.2 |
62.1 |
13.1 |
0.5 |
3.2 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
5.1 |
0.4 |
7.7 |
SiSwati |
0.0 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
30.0 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
Setswana |
0.0 |
6.5 |
7.9 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
19.9 |
1.4 |
67.2 |
0.1 |
8.2 |
Tshivenda |
0.0 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
15.5 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
Xitsonga |
0.0 |
0.5 |
5.3 |
0.0 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
22.6 |
4.7 |
0.0 |
4.4 |
Other |
0.2 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
Total |
0.2 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
* Excluding unspecified.