Northern Ndebele

E4072
Bantu language Nguni language natural language

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

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Ndebele 15
Northern Ndebele language 2
IsiNdebele 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Nguni language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Northern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: Ndebele

Northern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: Zimbabwean Ndebele

Northern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: isiNdebele
closelyRelatedTo Southern Ndebele ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
countryStatusInZimbabwe recognized indigenous language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Northern Ndebele self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Ndebele people
family Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: 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 Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Bantu ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue–Congo

Nguni languages ⓘ
surface form: Nguni

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Northern Ndebele → alsoKnownAs → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: isiNdebele
Northern Ndebele → alsoKnownAs → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Northern Ndebele → alsoKnownAs → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zimbabwean Ndebele
Shona → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Southern Ndebele → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele language
Swati → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Zulu → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Harare → commonlySpokenLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Matabeleland North → commonlySpokenLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Matabeleland South → commonlySpokenLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Northern Ndebele → ethnicGroup → Northern Ndebele self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele people
Highlanders F.C. → fanCultureLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
nde → glottologCodeFor → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → hasAlternativeName → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Ndebele
nde → hasAlternativeName → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sindebele
Murambi → hasLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Nguni languages → hasMajorLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele language
Nguni languages → hasMember → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele language
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Zulu → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → iso6392CodeFor → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → iso6393CodeFor → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Midlands Province → language → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Bulawayo → languageMajority → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Gweru → languageSignificant → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Beitbridge → languageSpoken → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Lobengula Khumalo → languageSpoken → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Matabeleland → languageSpoken → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Plumtree → languageSpoken → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
nde → macrolanguageGroup → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele languages
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: IsiNdebele
Zimbabwe → officialLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
nde → represents → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Bulawayo City Council → usesLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Harare City Council → usesLanguage → Northern Ndebele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele