Ethnic Groups and Languages of South Africa (with provinces) - Statistics

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Language Family - Group Language Ethnic Group Number Province % Correct
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Zunda Zulu (isiZulu) Zulu people 12 million KwaZulu-Natal
99%
Indo-European - Germanic Afrikaans Afrikaners 3 million
96%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Zunda Xhosa (isiXhosa) Xhosa people 8 million Eastern Cape
92%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Sotho-Tswana Sotho (Sesotho) Sotho people (Basotho) 4 million Free State
89%
Indo-European - Germanic English English-speakers 1,8 million
87%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Sotho-Tswana Tswana (Setswana) Tswana people (Batswana) 5 million North West
87%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Nguni - Tekela Swazi (Siswati) Swazi people 1,3 million Mpumalanga (largest group, but without majority)
73%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Zunda Southern Ndebele Southern Ndebele people 1 million Minority in Mpumalanga and more
62%
Indo-European - Indo-Aryan (originally) English (minority Indian languages) Indian South Africans 1,5 million Minority in city of Durban (in KwaZulu-Natal)
58%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu Venda (Tshivenda) Venda people 2,5 million Minority in Limpopo
58%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Tswa-Ronga Tsonga (Xitsonga) Tsonga people (Vatsonga) 3,5 million Minority in Limpopo and Mpumalanga
57%
Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Sotho-Tswana Northern Sotho (Pedi/Sipedi) Pedi people (Bapedi) 4,9 million Limpopo
53%
Khoe-Kwadi, Kx'a, and Tuu families (formerly called Khoisan) Several languages San people 10.000 Minority in Northern Cape
53%
Indo-European - Germanic (mixed with Bantu and Khoisan originally) Afrikaans and English Coloureds or Cape Coloureds 5,2 million Western Cape and Northern Cape (largest group)
42%
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