Census 2022, 10% Sample
South Africa, 2022
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Language mostly spoken in the household (P08_LANGUAGE)
Data file: sa-census-2022-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
4230792
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | 344449 |
8.1%
|
| 2 | English | 248468 |
5.9%
|
| 3 | Isindebele | 61231 |
1.4%
|
| 4 | IsiXhosa | 586257 |
13.9%
|
| 5 | IsiZulu | 898116 |
21.2%
|
| 6 | Sepedi | 396162 |
9.4%
|
| 7 | Sesotho | 306626 |
7.2%
|
| 8 | Setswana | 327219 |
7.7%
|
| 9 | Sign language | 529 |
0%
|
| 10 | Siswati | 103370 |
2.4%
|
| 11 | Tshivenda | 101117 |
2.4%
|
| 12 | Xitsonga | 178609 |
4.2%
|
| 13 | Khoi,Nama and San languages | 496 |
0%
|
| 14 | Shona | 39860 |
0.9%
|
| 15 | Chichewa/Chewa/Nyanja/Chinyanja | 8177 |
0.2%
|
| 16 | Portuguese | 5064 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Other | 12934 |
0.3%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 76459 |
1.8%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 535649 |
12.7%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.