they make up almost 49% of the province's population. In the 2011 South African census the distribution of the group per province was as follows: Language Coloured people were the first speakers of Afrikaans; their dialect would later be called "pure" or "true" Afrikaans. The language was originally an informal dialect of Dutch that was spoken amongst the different ethnic slaves to understand each other and also converse with their Dutch masters. Later the language was adopted by white Afrikaners. According to the 2011 South African census, more than 95% of those who identified as Coloured spoke either Afrikaans (74.6%) or English (20.5%) natively, while 4.93% reported a different first language, the largest of those being Setswana which was spoken by 0.87% of the group. Cuisine Numerous South African cuisines can be traced back to Coloured people. It is said that bobotie, snoek based dishes, koe'sisters, bredies, Malay roti and gatsbies are staple diets of Coloureds and other South Africans as well. A popular Coloured cuisine also include braai (English: barbecue). Most dishes are passed down for many generations. See also Anglo-Indian Anglo-Burmese Arab-Berber Basters Burghers Colored Coloured People in Namibia Multiracial people Culture of South Africa South African cuisine Goffal Griqua Half-caste Khoisan revivalism Sandra Laing Melungeon Mestizo (Mestiço) Métis Miscegenation Mulatto Negro One-drop rule Pardo Passing (racial identity) Pencil test Person of color VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) References Bibliography Gekonsolideerde Algemene Bibliografie: Die Kleurlinge Van Suid-Afrika, South Africa Department of Coloured Affairs, Inligtingsafdeling, 1960, 79 p. Mohamed Adhikari, Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Racial Identity in the South African Coloured Community, Ohio University Press, 2005, 252 p. Vernie A. February, Mind Your Colour: The "coloured" Stereotype in South African Literature, Routledge, 1981, 248 p. R. E. Van der Ross, 100 Questions about Coloured South Africans, 1993, 36 p. Philippe Gervais-Lambony, La nouvelle Afrique du Sud, problèmes politiques et sociaux, la Documentation française, 1998 François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar, Histoire de l'Afrique du Sud, 2006, Seuil Novels Pamela Jooste, Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter, Doubleday, 1998, Zoë Wicomb, David’s Story, New York, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2001. Henry Martin Scholtz, A Place Called Vatmaar, 2000, External links Ethnic groups in Namibia Multiracial affairs in Africa European diaspora in Africa Creole peoples Person of color History of the Dutch East India Company Articles containing video clips