Hlubi language

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The Hlubi language is a Bantu language of southern Africa spoken primarily by the Hlubi people, closely related to other Nguni languages such as Zulu and Xhosa.

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Hlubi language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
Nguni language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Ndebele languages NERFINISHED
Swati language NERFINISHED
Xhosa language
Zulu language
endangeredStatus minority language
hasAlternativeName isiHlubi
hasEthnicGroup Hlubi people NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
tonal language
hasPhonologicalFeature click consonants
ISO639Status hasNoSeparateISO639-3Code
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Benue–Congo languages
Nguni languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantu languages NERFINISHED
partOf Nguni language cluster NERFINISHED
region Eastern Cape NERFINISHED
Free State NERFINISHED
KwaZulu-Natal NERFINISHED
spokenBy Hlubi people NERFINISHED
spokenIn South Africa NERFINISHED
Southern Africa NERFINISHED
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Hlubi people speak Hlubi language