Venda language
E612754
Venda language is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa and Zimbabwe, known for its rich noun class system and tonal distinctions.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Luvenda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Shona language (distantly)
ⓘ
Sotho–Tswana languages (distantly) ⓘ |
| country |
South Africa
ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Venda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | vend1245 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Venda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ subject–verb–object word order ⓘ tonal distinctions ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
Afrikaans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Sotho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | extensive verbal affixation ⓘ |
| hasNounClasses | over 10 noun classes ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
five-vowel system
ⓘ
prenasalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasToneSystem | high and low tones ⓘ |
| iso639-1Code | ve ⓘ |
| iso639-2Code | ven ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | ven ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Tshivenḓa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfOfficialLanguagesInCountry | one of 11 official languages of South Africa ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official language of South Africa ⓘ |
| primaryRegionInSouthAfrica |
Limpopo province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vhembe District Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southern Africa ⓘ |
| regulator | Pan South African Language Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Limpopo province, South Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| status | developing language with standard orthography ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Southern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Venda ethnic community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in parts of Limpopo
ⓘ
local administration in Venda-speaking areas ⓘ radio broadcasting in South Africa ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.