Everything about Official Names Of South Africa totally explained
There are eleven
official names of South Africa, a number surpassed only by
India. These languages include
English,
Afrikaans and the nine
Bantu languages with official status since
1994. These include the
Nguni languages,
isiZulu,
isiXhosa,
isiNdebele, and
Siswati, and the
Sotho languages, which include
Setswana,
Sesotho and
Sesotho sa Leboa. The remaining two languages are
Tshivenda and
Xitsonga.
There are smaller but still significant groups of speakers of
Khoi-San languages which are not official languages, but are one of the eight officially recognised languages. There are even smaller groups of speakers of
endangered languages, most of which are from the Khoi-San family, that receive no official status; however, some groups within South Africa are attempting to promote their use and revival. As a result, there are many official names for the country. These are:
- Republiek van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans)
- Republic of South Africa (English)
- IRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika (IsiNdebele)
- IRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika (IsiXhosa)
- IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika (IsiZulu)
- Rephaboliki ya Afrika-Borwa (Sepedi)
- Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa (Sesotho)
- Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa (Setswana)
- IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika (SiSwati)
- Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe (Tshivenda)
- Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga (Xitsonga)
South Africa also recognises eight non-official languages (
Fanagalo,
Lobedu,
Northern Ndebele,
Phuthi,
Khoi,
Nama, and
San).
Furthermore, some South Africans use the name "
Azania" in preference to "South Africa", which they disapprove of because of its colonial origins. Those using the name are most often affiliated with parties coming from an
Afrocentric left-wing tradition, such as the
Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania and
Azanian People's Organisation.
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