Venda

E52951

Bantu language Southern Bantu language official language of South Africa

Venda is a Bantu language of the Venda people of South Africa and Zimbabwe, recognized as one of South Africa’s official languages.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language → Southern Bantu language → official language of South Africa →
alternativeName	Luvenda → Tshivenda →
continent	Africa →
countryOfficialStatus	South Africa →
ethnicGroupAssociated	Venda people →
GuthrieClassification	S.20 →
GuthrieCode	S.21 →
hasAncestor	Proto-Bantu language →
hasDialects	Tshiguvhu → Tshilembethu → Tshimanda → Tshipani → Tshivhase →
hasGlottocode	vend1245 →
hasGlottologName	Venda →
hasNativeName	Tshivenda →
hasNeighbouringLanguages	Kalanga → Northern Sotho → Shona → Tsonga →
hasOfficialRecognition	Constitution of South Africa →
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system → tone language →
hasWritingDirection	left-to-right →
isMinorityLanguageIn	Zimbabwe →
ISO639-1Code	ve →
ISO639-2Code	ven →
ISO639-3Code	ven →
languageFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages → Bantu languages → Benue–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages → Southern Bantoid languages →
macrolanguageStatus	individual language →
primaryRegion	Vhembe District Municipality →
region	Limpopo province →
regulator	Pan South African Language Board →
spokenBy	Venda people →
spokenIn	South Africa → Zimbabwe →
usedInEducation	South Africa →
usedInMedia	South Africa →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ekurhuleni → Gauteng →	officialLanguage
Tshivenda →	alternativeName
Tshivenda ("Venda people") →	ethnicGroup
Matabeleland South →	hasEthnicGroup
Venda →	hasGlottologName
Limpopo ("Venda people") →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Southern Bantu →	hasMemberLanguage