Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Venda | 800 000 | 68.25% |
| Tsonga | 400 000 | 30.40% |
| Northern Sotho | 27 000 | 2.33% |
| Afrikaans | 7 697 | 1.14% |
| Sotho | 7 714 | 0.64% |
| Other | 5 942 | 0.50% |
| English | 1 546 | 0.38% |
| Ndebele | 1 763 | 0.15% |
| Zulu | 870 | 0.07% |
| Tswana | 840 | 0.07% |
| Xhosa | 659 | 0.05% |
| Swati | 331 | 0.03% |
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