2.8 Home language by province (percentages)*

 

Eastern
Cape

Free
State

Gauteng

Kwazulu-
Natal

Mpuma-
langa

Northern
Cape

Northern
Province

North
West

Western
Cape

South
Africa

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.