Eastern
Cape

Free
State

Gauteng

Kwazulu-
Natal

Mpuma-
langa

Northern
Cape

Northern
Province

North
West

Western
Cape

South
Africa

Afrikaans

600,253

379,994

1,213,352

136,223

230,348

577,585

109,224

249,502

2,315,067

5,811,547

English

233,376

35,154

947,571

1,316,047

54,839

19,902

21,261

34,106

795,211

3,457,467

IsiNdebele

1,248

4,454

114,899

1,231

346,337

287

72,506

42,833

3,165

586,961

IsiXhosa

5,250,524

245,101

543,698

132,223

36,378

52,689

8,597

178,931

747,977

7,196,118

IsiZulu

25,323

125,082

1,559,520

6,658,442

706,816

2,300

36,253

82,068

4,341

9,200,144

Sepedi

2,572

4,708

688,607

1,775

291,923

259

2,572,491

132,374

1,136

3,695,846

Sesotho

139,671

1,625,953

953,239

45,677

90,011

7,419

56,002

171,549

14,676

3,104,197

SiSwati

897

3,592

92,154

7,344

834,133

90

57,149

17,272

562

1,013,193

Setswana

863

171,252

573,104

2,147

75,202

165,781

70,339

2,239,774

3,311

3,301,774

Tshivenda

511

1,713

99,837

589

3,345

87

757,683

12,209

436

876,409

Xitsonga

268

14,194

382,463

1,712

97,844

209

1,102,472

156,408

535

1,756,105

Other

12,008

7,456

96,939

38,634

10,606

6,449

13,228

18,088

24,868

228,275

Un-
specified

35,012

14,852

83,038

74,977

22,928

7,264

52,163

19,712

45,591

355,538

Total

6,302,525

2,633,504

7,348,423

8,417,021

2,800,711

840,321

4,929,368

3,354,825

3,956,875

40,583,5