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Southern Ndebele
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language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, one of the official languages of South Africa
Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken in South Africa that belongs to the Nguni language family. It is recognized as one of South Africa's official languages, reflecting its importance to the country's linguistic and cultural heritage.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Southern Ndebele is referenced by 685 other articles, and connects out to Northern Sotho, voiceless consonant and Nguni.
Vinony files it under Language articles citing Ethnologue 18, Language articles with Linguasphere code and Languages of South Africa.
Its subject is documented across 61 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Country
- South Africa
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- writing system
- Latin alphabet
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 640000
- language regulatory body
- Pan South African Language Board
- Commons category
- Southern Ndebele language
- Wikimedia language code
- nr
- native label
- IsiNdebele
- indigenous to
- North West
- topic's main category
- Category:Southern Ndebele language
- P11012
- Crna Glava
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Encyclopedic overview
Geographical distribution of Southern Ndebele in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks Southern Ndebele at home. 0–20%
20–40%
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southern Ndebele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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