Country scorecard
South Africa
Africa · 60M people
ALPS
1.97
languages per person
#31 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
5%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.0 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from South Africa is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇳🇦 Namibia28%
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica18%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas18%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados18%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Zulu99%
- Xhosa50%
- Afrikaans30%
- English18%
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