South Africa Languages

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Description
South Africa has 11 official languages:
 * 1) Ndebele
 * 2) Northern Sotho
 * 3) Sotho
 * 4) SiSwati
 * 5) Tsonga
 * 6) Tswana
 * 7) Venda
 * 8) Xhosa
 * 9) Zulu
 * 10) Afrikaans
 * 11) South African English

Unofficial languages include SiPhuthi, SiHlubi, SiBhaca, SiLala, SiNhlangwini ("IsiZansi"), SiNrebele (SiSumayela), IsiMpondro, Khoekhoegowab, !Orakobab, Xirikobab, N|uuki, !Xunthali, Khwedam, KheLobedu, SePulana, HiPai, SeKutswe, SeṰokwa, SiThonga, SiLaNgomane, SheKgalagari, XiRonga and others.

Word List(s)

 * Afrikaans Genealogical Word List


 * Tsonga


 * Swati (siSwati)


 * Tswana (Setswana)


 * Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa / Sepedi)


 * Ndebele


 * Sotho


 * Tswana


 * SiSwati


 * Tsonga


 * Venda


 * Xhosa


 * Zulu

Ndebele Alphabet
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Venda Alphabet
The letters C, J, and Q are used when writing foreign words and names.

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Ndebele
 * Ndebele-English Online Talking Dictionary
 * The Ndebele Dictionary and Encyclopedia
 * English North Ndebele Dictionary Online
 * Learn Ndebele
 * Useful Phrases in Northern Ndebele
 * isiNdebele for Beginners
 * Learn Ndebele
 * Learn Ndebele 0.0.1
 * iitranslation: English-Ndebele
 * Ndebele for Beginners

Northern Sotho
 * Northen Sotho Language
 * African Languages
 * Northern Sotho
 * Useful Phrases in Northern Sotho
 * Northern Sotho: Oxford Living Dictionaries
 * English-Northern Sotho Dictionary Online
 * English Northern Sotho Dictionary
 * Learn to Speak an African Language

Sotho, Sesotho, Basotho or Southern Sotho SiSwati, Swazi or Swati
 * Sotho Language
 * Southern Sotho
 * Useful Sesotho Phrases
 * About the Southern Sesotho Language
 * The Sesotho Book
 * Learn to Speak African Languages
 * iiTranslation: Sesotho
 * Guide to Phrase Translation from English to Sesotho
 * English-Southern Sesotho Dictionary Online
 * English-Sesotho Dictionaries, common words and phrases
 * Swazi Language
 * Useful Phrases in Swati
 * Learn SiSwati
 * 21 Essential SisWati Phrases
 * Swazi Phrasebook
 * South African Languages- a Quick Guide
 * Learn SiSwati
 * Top Resources for Learning SiSwati
 * iiTranslation: SiSwati

Tswana or Setswana
 * Tswana Language
 * Useful Phrases in Tswana
 * Setswana Language Lessons
 * Tswana Phrasebook
 * Setswan- Oxford Living Dictionaries
 * English Tswana Dictionary Online
 * Free Setswana Lessons Online

Venda or Tshivenda
 * Venda Language
 * Venda Language
 * Useful Phrases in Venda
 * African Languages- Venda
 * Tshivenda is Learned
 * iiTranslation- Tshivenda
 * English-Venda Dictionary Online
 * Talkvenda

Xhosa or isiXhosa
 * Xhosa Language
 * Xhosa
 * History of Xhosa Language
 * Xhosa Live Dictionary
 * isiXhosa- Oxford Living Dictionary
 * English-Xhosa Dictionary Online
 * Xhosa Word List for Beginners
 * Learn Xhosa
 * Learn Xhosa Free Online
 * Learn Xhosa

Zulu or Isizulu
 * Zulu Language
 * Zulu Dictionary
 * Learn Zulu
 * Free Zulu Lessons Online
 * Learn Zulu
 * Learning the Zulu Language

Afrikaans
 * Afrikaans Tutorial
 * Learn Afrikaans

Ndebele or IsiNdebele

 * Pelling, JN, Literature Bureau. A practical Ndebele dictionary. Ardbennie, Harare : Longman Zimbabwe, 2001. Available on WorldCat
 * . Oxford first bilingual dictionary : IsiNdebele + English.. Cape Town, South Africa : Oxford University Press Southern Africa, 2009. Available on WorldCat

Northern Sotho

 * Kirelt, TJ. The new English-Northern Sotho dictionary : English-Northern Sotho, Northern Sotho-English. 	King William's Town [South Africa] : Educum, 1991, ©1967.. Available on WorldCat
 * Louwrens, LJ. Dictionary of Northern Sotho grammatical terms. Cape Town : Nasou ; London : Global, 2004. Available on WorldCat
 * Kriel,T J; Prinsloo,D J;Sathekge, P . Popular Northern Sotho dictionary : Northern Sotho-English, English-Northern Sotho. 	Cape Town : Pharos, 2007.. Available on WorldCat
 * Matiki, Alfred J I. Language planning and social change : a study of linguistic exclusion and the legislative process in Malawi. 2001. Available on WorldCat
 * Grobler,G M. English, Northern Sotho, Afrikaans. Parklands [South Africa] : Ad Donker Publisher, 1991.. Available on WorldCat
 * Learner's English-North Sotho dictionary. Alberton : Librarius, 1985. Available on WorldCat
 * Orr, Gregory John, Carol Myers-Scotton. Learning Chicheŵa : a Peace Corps language course. East Lansing, Mich., U.S.A. : The Center, [©1980]. Available on WorldCat

Sotho

 * Hartshorne, K B. Dictionary of basic English--Southern Sotho. Johannesburg : Educum Publishers, [1985], ©1983. Available on WorldCat
 * Paroz, R A; Dieterlen, H ; Mabille, A. Southern Sotho-English dictionary. Morija, Lesotho : Morija Sesuto Book Depot, 1950, on WorldCat
 * Learner's english-southern sotho dictionary. Librarius, 1985. on WorldCat
 * Beachst, P -D; Gowlett,D F . Southern Sotho dictionary = Suid-Sotho woordeboek. Goodwood : Audiovista Productions, [1980]. Available on WorldCat

SiSwati

 * Rycroft, D K. Concise siSwati dictionary : siSwati-English/English-siSwati. 	Pretoria : J.L. van Schaik, 1995. Available on WorldCat
 * Oxford first bilingual dictionary : Siswati + English. Cape Town, South Africa : Oxford University Press Southern Africa, 2009.. Available on WorldCat
 * Whelton,M J SiSwati-English dictionary ECenturion [South Africa] : RedOystor Media (Pty) Ltd in partnership with Print Hub (Pty) Ltd - Swaziland, [2016] ©2016. Available on WorldCat

Tswana

 * Parker, Philip M. Webster's Tswana - English thesaurus dictionary. San Diego, CA. : ICON Group International, Inc., [2008] ©2008. Available on WorldCat
 * Le Roux, J C. The concise trilingual pocket dictionary : English, Tswana, Afrikaans = Die kort drietalige sakwoordeboek : Afrikaans, Tswana, English EJeppestown : Ad Donker, 1996, ©1991. Available on WorldCat
 * Learner's English-Tswana dictionary.Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa : Librarius, 1986. Available on WorldCat

Venda

 * van Warmelo, Nicolaas J. Venda dictionary : Tshivenda-English Pretoria : Van Schaik, 1989. Available on WorldCat
 * Van Warmelo, N J. Venda dictionary Pretoria : Van Schaik, 1989 Available on WorldCat
 * Wentzel, P J; Muloiwa, T W Venda : Afrikaans-English. Improved trilingual dictionary. University of South Afrika, 1982. Available on WorldCat

Xhosa

 * Nabe, H L; Dreyer, P W; Kakana, G L. Xhosa dictionary : English, Xhosa, Afrikaans : xhosa, English, Afrikaans Johannesburg : Educum, 1991, ©1976. Available on WorldCat
 * Nabe, H. Xhosa dictionary. Cape Town : Oxford University Press, 2012. Available on WorldCat
 * Fischer, A. English-Xhosa dictionary. Educum, 1991. Available on WorldCat

Zulu

 * Dent, G R; Sibusiso Nyembezi, C L Scholar's Zulu dictionary : English-Zulu, Zulu-English. Pietermaritzburg : Shuter and Shooter, 2009. Available on WorldCat
 * Dent, G R; Sibusiso Nyembezi, C L Compact Zulu dictionary : English-Zulu, Zulu-English Pietermaritzburg : Shuter & Shooter, 1995. Available on WorldCat
 * Mawadza, Aquilina; Ndebele, Hloniphani Zulu dictionary & phrasebook : Zulu-English, English-Zulu New York : Hippocrene Books, Inc., [2017] Available on WorldCat

Afrikaans

 * Nabe, H L; Dreyer, P W; Kakana, G L. Xhosa dictionary : English, Xhosa, Afrikaans : xhosa, English, Afrikaans Johannesburg : Educum, 1991, ©1976. Available on WorldCat
 * Church dictionary. 	[Place of publication not identified] : K.A.S., 1970. Available on WorldCat
 * Oxford first bilingual dictionary : Afrikaans + English. Cape Town, South Africa : Oxford University Press Southern Africa, 2007. Available on WorldCat