Language Family - Group | Language | Ethnic Group | Number | Province | % Correct |
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Zunda | Zulu (isiZulu) | Zulu people | 12 million | KwaZulu-Natal | 98%
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Indo-European - Germanic | Afrikaans | Afrikaners | 3 million | 96%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Zunda | Xhosa (isiXhosa) | Xhosa people | 8 million | Eastern Cape | 92%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Sotho-Tswana | Sotho (Sesotho) | Sotho people (Basotho) | 4 million | Free State | 91%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Sotho-Tswana | Tswana (Setswana) | Tswana people (Batswana) | 5 million | North West | 89%
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Indo-European - Germanic | English | English-speakers | 1,8 million | 88%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Nguni - Tekela | Swazi (Siswati) | Swazi people | 1,3 million | Mpumalanga (largest group, but without majority) | 75%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Zunda | Southern Ndebele | Southern Ndebele people | 1 million | Minority in Mpumalanga and more | 65%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Tswa-Ronga | Tsonga (Xitsonga) | Tsonga people (Vatsonga) | 3,5 million | Minority in Limpopo and Mpumalanga | 60%
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Indo-European - Indo-Aryan (originally) | English (minority Indian languages) | Indian South Africans | 1,5 million | Minority in city of Durban (in KwaZulu-Natal) | 57%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu - Sotho-Tswana | Northern Sotho (Pedi/Sipedi) | Pedi people (Bapedi) | 4,9 million | Limpopo | 56%
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Niger-Congo - Southern Bantu | Venda (Tshivenda) | Venda people | 2,5 million | Minority in Limpopo | 56%
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Khoe-Kwadi, Kx'a, and Tuu families (formerly called Khoisan) | Several languages | San people | 10.000 | Minority in Northern Cape | 49%
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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) | 37%
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