Southern Ndebele

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Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.

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Generate an image of Southern Ndebele (Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.)

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicity Ndebele people ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele

Xhosa language ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa

Zulu language ⓘ
linked to: Zulu
countryOfficialStatus South Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Transvaal Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele

isiNdebele saseNingizimu ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
hasDialects varieties spoken in Gauteng ⓘ
varieties spoken in Mpumalanga ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNativeName isiNdebele ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem Bantu noun classes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature click consonants ⓘ
hasStandardForm Standard Southern Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
hasStatus official language of South Africa ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
iso639-1Code nr ⓘ
iso639-2Code nbl ⓘ
iso639-3Code nbl ⓘ
isOneOf 11 official languages of South Africa ⓘ
isPartOf Nguni language group ⓘ
linked to: Nguni languages
isTaughtAt South African schools ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ
linked to: Southern Bantoid
languageGroup Nguni languages ⓘ
region Gauteng ⓘ
Limpopo ⓘ
Mpumalanga ⓘ
North West (South Africa) ⓘ
linked to: North West Province
regulator Pan South African Language Board ⓘ
sharesCulturalAssociationWith Ndebele architecture ⓘ
Ndebele art ⓘ
linked to: African art

Ndebele beadwork ⓘ
spokenBy Ndebele people of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Ndebele people

Southern Ndebele people ⓘ
linked to: Ndebele people
spokenIn South Africa ⓘ
usedIn broadcasting in South Africa ⓘ
education in South Africa ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Ndebele → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Gauteng → officialLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Southern Africa → hasCulturalHeritage → Ndebele house painting ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Xhosa → closelyRelatedTo → Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Nguni languages → hasMember → Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Nguni languages → hasMember → Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Nguni languages → TekelaNguniIncludes → Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Southern Ndebele → hasAlternativeName → isiNdebele saseNingizimu ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Southern Ndebele → hasAlternativeName → Transvaal Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Southern Ndebele → hasStandardForm → Standard Southern Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
South African → languageUsed → isiNdebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Ekurhuleni → officialLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Ndebele beadwork → ethnicGroup → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Ndebele people → traditionalLanguage → Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Atteridgeville → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Nguni people → mainLanguage → Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Mamelodi → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Ivory Park → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
South African Broadcasting Corporation → languageOfBroadcast → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Bela-Bela → hasOfficialLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Dete → languageUsed → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Tembisa → languageUsed → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Bantu zone S → includesLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Nguni → sharesLanguageFeaturesWith → Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Marble Hall → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Thembisile → languageOfUse → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Belfast, Mpumalanga → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Sexwale → languageOfOrigin → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Southeast Bantu subgroup → hasMemberLanguage → Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Delmas → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
KwaMhlanga → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Siyabuswa → usedLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
AmaBhaca → relatedEthnicGroup → AmaNdebele ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Transvaal Swati → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele
Birchleigh → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Aston Manor → hasLanguage → Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Olievenhoutbosch → languageSpoken → Southern Ndebele ⓘ