Luvenda

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Luvenda is an alternative name for Venda, a Bantu language and ethnic group primarily found in South Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Luvenda canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
ethnic group
alternativeNameOf Venda
associatedWithRegion Venda region
associatedWithRiver Luvuvhu River
colonialEraHomeland Venda bantustan
ethnicGroupPrimaryLocation South Africa
ethnicPopulationRegion Limpopo Province
surface form: Limpopo Province of South Africa
glottocode vend1245
hasArtForm pottery
woodcarving
hasCulturalPractice initiation schools
traditional rainmaking rituals
hasDance domba dance
tshikona dance
hasDemonym Mbunda
surface form: Muvenda
hasEthnicLanguage Tshivenda
hasEthnicReligion African traditional religion
hasEthnonym Vhavenda
hasInstrument tshikona reed pipes
hasLanguageNameAutonym Tshivenda
hasLanguageStatus indigenous language of South Africa
official language
hasMajorReligion Christianity
hasMusicTradition traditional drum music
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone language
hasPluralDemonym Vhavenda
historicalPolity Venda Kingdom
isEndonymFor Venda language
Venda people
ISO639-2Code ven
ISO639-3Code ven
isOfficialLanguageOf South Africa
isOneOf 11 official languages of South Africa
languageFamily Bantu languages
linguisticBranch Niger–Congo languages
neighboringEthnicGroups Northern Sotho people
Tsonga people
Zulu people
partOfCountry South Africa
surface form: Republic of South Africa
preColonialState Venda Kingdom
spokenInCountry South Africa
spokenInRegion Limpopo Province
subFamily Southern Bantu languages
traditionalHomeland Northern Limpopo
usesNounClassesFrom Bantu noun class system
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Venda alternativeName Luvenda