Tshivenda
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Tshivenda is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Venda people in northern South Africa and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (2)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Tshivenda
ⓘ
surface form:
TshiVenda
Venda ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
ⓘ
Xitsonga ⓘ
surface form:
Xitsonga (Tsonga language)
|
| countryLegalStatus | recognized in the Constitution of South Africa ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Venda
ⓘ
surface form:
Venda people
|
| hasApproximateSpeakers | over 1 million ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Venda oral poetry
ⓘ
Venda traditional music and songs ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Tshiguvhu
ⓘ
Tshiilafuri ⓘ Tshiphani ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
TshiVenda