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South Africa has 11 official languages:

  1. Afrikaans
  2. English
  3. Ndebele
  4. Northern Sotho
  5. Sotho
  6. Swazi
  7. Tswana
  8. Tsonga
  9. Venda
  10. Xhosa
  11. Zulu

Here is a complete list of all 26 languages spoken in South Africa (including Xiri, which is nearly extinct):

1. Afrikaans

2. Birwa

3. Camtho

4. English

5. Fanagalo

6. Gail

7. Hindi

8. Khwe

9. Korana

10. Nama

11. Ndebele

12. Oorlams

13. Ronga

14. Sotho, Northern

15. Sotho, Southern

16. South African Sign Language

17. Swahili

18. Swati

19. Tsonga

20. Tswa

21. Tswana

22. Urdu

23. Venda

24. Xhosa

25. Xiri

26. Zulu

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