Northern Ndebele

E4072

Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.

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Generate an image of Northern Ndebele (Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.)

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Nguni language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele

Zimbabwean Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele

isiNdebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
closelyRelatedTo Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
countryStatusInZimbabwe recognized indigenous language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Northern Ndebele people ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
family Niger–Congo ⓘ
hasFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
click consonants ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasGrammaticalSimilarityTo Zulu ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityTo Zulu ⓘ
hasPhonologicalSimilarityTo Zulu ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-1 nd ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2 nde ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 nde ⓘ
primaryCountry Zimbabwe ⓘ
region Bulawayo ⓘ
Matabeleland North ⓘ
Matabeleland South ⓘ
southwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ
spokenIn Botswana ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
standardizationStatus standardized orthography exists ⓘ
standardVarietyBasedOn speech of the Ndebele people of Matabeleland ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
Nguni languages ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
Bantu ⓘ
Benue–Congo ⓘ
Nguni ⓘ
linked to: Nguni languages

Southern Bantoid ⓘ
Southern Bantu ⓘ
usedAs vernacular language in Matabeleland ⓘ
usedIn education in parts of Zimbabwe ⓘ
print media in Zimbabwe ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Zimbabwe ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Referenced by (111)

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

Zimbabwe → officialLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Northern Ndebele → alsoKnownAs → isiNdebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele → alsoKnownAs → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele → alsoKnownAs → Zimbabwean Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele → ethnicGroup → Northern Ndebele people ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Harare → commonlySpokenLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Bulawayo → languageMajority → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Zulu → closelyRelatedTo → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Zulu → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Gweru → languageSignificant → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → IsiNdebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → represents → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → iso6392CodeFor → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → iso6393CodeFor → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → macrolanguageGroup → Ndebele languages ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
nde → glottologCodeFor → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → hasAlternativeName → North Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
nde → hasAlternativeName → Sindebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Nguni languages → hasMember → Northern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Nguni languages → hasMajorLanguage → Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Southern Ndebele → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Matabeleland North → commonlySpokenLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Matabeleland South → commonlySpokenLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Shona → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Harare City Council → usesLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Plumtree → languageSpoken → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Highlanders F.C. → fanCultureLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Bulawayo City Council → usesLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Swati → closelyRelatedTo → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Matabeleland → languageSpoken → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Lobengula Khumalo → languageSpoken → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Beitbridge → languageSpoken → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Murambi → hasLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Midlands Province → language → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
VOA Africa → languageOfBroadcast → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Swati language → closelyRelatedTo → Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Ndebele beadwork → ethnicGroup → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Kalanga → neighboringLanguages → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Tonga (Zimbabwe) → neighboringLanguages → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Cabinet of Zimbabwe → language → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Ngoni → relatedTo → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Ndebele people → traditionalLanguage → Northern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Tsholotsho → majorLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Tsholotsho → hasCommunicationLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Bubi District → languageUsed → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Victoria Falls (town) → languageSpoken → Ndebele ⓘ
subject linked to: Victoria Falls town
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Lupane → languageSpoken → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele
Southern Bantu languages → includesLanguage → Ndebele ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele