1. South Africa Culture Group Information from the CIA World Factbook:
Ethnic groups:
black African 79.2%, white 8.9%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5%, other 0.5% (2011 est.)
Languages:
IsiZulu (official) 22.7%, IsiXhosa (official) 16%, Afrikaans (official) 13.5%, English (official) 9.6%, Sepedi (official) 9.1%, Setswana (official) 8%, Sesotho (official) 7.6%, Xitsonga (official) 4.5%, siSwati (official) 2.5%, Tshivenda (official) 2.4%, isiNdebele (official) 2.1%, sign language 0.5%, other 1.6% (2011 est.)
Religions:
Protestant 36.6% (Zionist Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%), Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)

2. South Africa Language
Number of Living Languages: 28 (13 institutional, 5 developing, 4 vigorous, 6 dying)
National Languages:
Afrikaans
English
Ndebele
Northern Sotho
Swati
Tsonga
Tswana
Venda
Xhosa
Zulu
Source: Ethnologue, retrieved 20 September, 2013, URL link:

3. South Africa Language Top Three Most Commonly Spoken Languages:
Afrikaans: According to the 2006 census, 4,740,000 people in South Africa speak Afrikaans. This is 9.75% of the South African population. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West. Primarily spoken: widespread throughout South Africa, but is primarily spoken in Eastern South Africa.
English: According to the 2006 census, 3,670,000 people in South Africa speak English. This is 7.55% of the South African population. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West. Primarily spoken: clusters in the middle and along the coast of South Africa.
Ndebele: According to the 2006 census, 640,000 people in South Africa speak the language of Ndebele. This is 1.3% of the South African population. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo. Primarily spoken: eastern South Africa
Source: Ethnologue, retrieved 20 September, 2013, URL link:

4. South Africa Language Two Least Spoken Languages:
N|u: According to the 2005 cencus, there are only 12 people speaking this language as their first language in South Africa. That’s % of the population that speaks this language. Nearly extinct. Spoken primarily in northern South Africa.
Xiri: According to the 2000 cenus, Xiri as a first language has 87 speakers. This language is spoken by % of the population. Nearly extinct. Primarily spoken in south-western South Africa in clusters along the coast.
Tsotsitaal: This language is also nearly extinct, however it does not list the number of speakers in South Africa. Primarily spoken in the Johannesburg area, north-eastern South Africa.
Source: Ethnologue, retrieved 20 September, 2013, URL link:

5. The Ethnologue linguistic map was too grainy and pixelated to use in the slideshow. I found the above map with a google search.
Source: The Occidental Observer, retrieved 20 September, 2013, URL link:

6. South Africa Religion
There are approximately 78 different religions being practiced in South Africa.
Christianity has 31,140,200 followers (64%) in South Africa. This faith doesn’t list a connection to other faiths or branches of a religion. Christianity includes many denominations, but is its own religion stemming from the Abrahamic religions.
Hinduism has 634,912 (1.3%) followers. Hinduism is a polytheistic religion originating in India.
Islam has 527,800 ((1.08%) followers. Islam is part of the Abrahamic religion family but is its own religion.
No religious affiliation has 410,000 (0.84%) followers.
Judaism has 203,000 (0.41%) followers. Judaism represents its own religion but is part of the Abrahamic religions.
Source: Adherents, retrieved 20 September, 2013, URL link:

7. South Africa Religion and Language Summary
There were several cultural traits about South Africa that stood out to me while I was building this presentation. I found it interesting that despite the prevalence of English speaking people in South Africa, the main language in the country is Afrikaans spoken by around ten percent of the population. Another fascinating fact about this country is that it possesses eleven national languages. There are nine languages that are almost extinct, dormant or extinct. It’s startling that languages can over time become extinct as their speakers die out. I struggled to find good information on religion in South Africa. The Adherents website was frustrating to use and seemed inaccurate, but I did find some good information about the major religions in South Africa. I was not surprised to see that the majority of people in South Africa are Christian since Europeans colonized the country several hundred years ago. The minority religions in South Africa include: Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.

8. Works Cited
Hunter, Preston Adherents.com [Online database]. Retrieved 20 September 2013, from the World Wide Web:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.) “South Africa.” Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition [Online version]. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 20 September 2013, from the World Wide Web:
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency South Africa: People and Society. In 2013 The World Factbook [Online database]. Retrieved 20 September 2013, from the World Wide Web: (retrieved 20 September 2013)