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==Languages==
{{Main|Languages of South Africa}}
South Africa has eleven [[official language]]s:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fs.gov.za/Departments/SAC/Library/DEPART/lang_legislation1.htm |title=Constitution of South Africa, Chapter 1, Section 6 |publisher=Fs.gov.za |accessdate=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729134936/http://www.fs.gov.za/Departments/SAC/Library/DEPART/lang_legislation1.htm |archivedate=29 July 2009 }}</ref> [[IsiZulu]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 22.7%, [[IsiXhosa]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 16%, [[Afrikaans]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 13.5%, [[English language|English]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 9.6%, [[Sepedi language|Sepedi]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 9.1%, [[Setswana]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 8%, [[Sesotho]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 7.6%, [[Xitsonga]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 4.5%, [[siSwati]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 2.5%, [[Tshivenda]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 2.4% and [[Southern Ndebele language|isiNdebele]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> 2.1%.
In this regard it is third only to [[Bolivia]] and [[Official languages of India|India]] in number. While all the languages are formally equal, some languages are spoken more than others. According to the [[South African National Census of 2011|2011 census]], the three most spoken first languages are Zulu (22.7%), Xhosa (16.0%), and Afrikaans (13.5%).<ref name=Census2011/>{{rp|23–25}} Despite the fact that English is recognised as the language of commerce and science, it ranked fourth, and was spoken by only 9.6% of South Africans as a first language in 2011.<ref name=Census2011/>{{rp|23–25}}
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