There are 11 official languages in South Africa: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu. Afrikaans is the most widely spoken language after English. It developed from Dutch and was first used by the Dutch settlers in South Africa. Today, Afrikaans is spoken by around 6 million people in South Africa.