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.

All labels observed (9)

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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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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