Venda language
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Venda, also known as Tshivenda or Chivenda, is a Bantu language. The majority of Venda speakers live in South Africa (where Venda is an official language), but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe. Before South Africa became a democratic country, the bantustan of Venda was set up to cover the Venda speakers of South Africa.
Classification
Venda belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages.Geographic distribution
Venda is spoken by about 666,000 people in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo Province, as well as 84,000 people in Zimbabwe.Official status
Venda is an official language in South Africa.
External links
- [Ethnologue entry for Venda]
- [Tshivenda - South African Languages]
- [Project translating Free Software into Venda]
| Official languages of the Republic of South Africa |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | English | isiNdebele | Sepedi | Sesotho Setswana | Siswati | Xitsonga | Tshivenda | isiXhosa | isiZulu | ||
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