Northern Ndebele

E4072

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

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (79)

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

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