South Africa

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…spoken by about 55 percent and 36 percent of whites respectively. Most Indian people speak English, as do many colored, although for the majority of the latter, their first language is Afrikaans. Many Africans are fluent in English or Afrikaans as well as their native tongue. There are four major African language groups, Nguni, Sotho, Tsonga and Venda, which divide into numerous dialects. Zulu, Xhosa, Setswana and Sesotho are the most widely spoken African languages.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**