Tshivenda

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Bantu language Southern Bantu language natural language

Tshivenda is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Venda people in northern South Africa and neighboring regions.

Aliases (1)

TshiVenda ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language → Southern Bantu language → natural language →
alternativeName	TshiVenda → Venda →
closelyRelatedTo	Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → Xitsonga (Tsonga language) →
countryLegalStatus	recognized in the Constitution of South Africa →
ethnicGroup	Venda people →
hasApproximateSpeakers	over 1 million →
hasCulturalAssociation	Venda oral poetry → Venda traditional music and songs →
hasDialects	Tshiguvhu → Tshiilafuri → Tshilembethu → Tshimanda → Tshiphani →
hasGrammarFeature	agglutinative morphology →
hasMedia	Tshivenda-language newspapers and magazines → Tshivenda-language radio stations →
hasNativeSpeakersMajorityIn	Vhembe District Municipality →
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system typical of Bantu languages → tone language →
hasReligiousText	Bible translated into Tshivenda →
hasStandardizationBody	Pan South African Language Board (oversight) →
ISO639-1Code	ve →
ISO639-2Code	ven →
ISO639-3Code	ven →
languageFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages → Bantoid languages → Bantu languages → Benue–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages →
officialStatusIn	South Africa →
primaryRegion	Limpopo province →
region	northern South Africa and neighboring regions →
spokenIn	Botswana → Mozambique → South Africa → Zimbabwe →
status	one of the 11 official languages of South Africa →
subfamily	Sotho–Tsonga group (often classified) →
usedFor	administration in some local municipalities in Limpopo → literature and storytelling among Venda people →
usedIn	education in parts of Limpopo province → radio broadcasting in South Africa → religious services among Venda people →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tshivenda ("TshiVenda") → Venda →	alternativeName
Limpopo Province → South Africa →	officialLanguage
Southern Bantu →	hasMemberLanguage
Venda →	hasNativeName
Limpopo →	hasOfficialLanguage
Pan South African Language Board →	languageScope
South African →	languageUsed