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How many people in central and southern Africa speak Bantu languages today?
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∙ 12y ago
Officially there are about 7 million South Africans who speak Afrikaans as a first language, with up to 15 million being proficient in Afrikaans. Afrikaans is more prevalent than English as a first language, but is English has a higher incidence as a Second language and is the primary language of tuition.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoZulu
amaZulu is the name of the "Zulu" culture
isiZulu is the name of the "Zulu" language
The Zulu people speak isiZulu which apart of the Bantu linguistic group.
Some Zulus also speak English and Afrikaans.
isiZulu...and they still do along with other languages such as English
isiZulu which is one of the Bantu languages of Southern Africa.
siZulu
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∙ 12y agoIf you include all of the 535 Bantu Languages, the answer is in the neighborhood of 120 million.
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∙ 6y agoAccording to the 2011 Census, about 8.1 million people speak Xhosa as their first language.
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∙ 6y agoZulu people speak:
- isiZulu
- English
- Afrikaans
- and various other languages.
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∙ 9y agosiZulu
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