Offeecial names o Sooth Africae

There are eleiven offeecial names o Sooth Africae, ane in each o its eleiven offeecial leids. The number is surpassed ae bi Indie. These leids include Inglis, Afrikaans, the Nguni leids Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele , an Swazi, as well as the Sotho leids, which include Tswana, Sotho an Sotho sa Leboa. The remainin twa leids are Venda an Tsonga.

There are smawer but still significant groups o speakers o Khoi-San leids which are no offeecial leids, but are ane o the aicht un-officially recognised leids. There are even smawer groups o speakers o endangered leids, mony o whilk are frae the Khoi-San faimily, but receive nae offeecial status; housomeivver, some groups athin Sooth Africae are attemptin tae promote their uiss an revival. As a result, there are mony offeecial names for the kintra. These are (in order o speaker populations):

• iRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika (Zulu)
• iRiphabliki yomZantsi Afrika (Xhosa)
• Republiek van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans)
• Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa (Northern Sotho)
• Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa (Tswana)
• Republic of South Africa (Inglis)
• Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa (Sotho)
• Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga (Tsonga)
• iRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika (Swazi)
• Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe (Venda)
• IRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika (Soothren Ndebele)