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ISO 639-3 · nblnbl
Niger–Congo family
Southern Ndebele
IsiNdebele
Southern Ndebele is a language of the Nguni branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in South Africa. Wikidata counts about 640,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, one of the official languages of South Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
nbl- ISO 639-1
nr- Glottocode
sout2808- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- -26.20, 29.90
- Wikipedia
- 67 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Southern Ndebele · IsiNdebele |
|---|---|
| Also called | South Ndebele, Transvaal Ndebele, nr, Southern Ndebele language |
| All speakers | 640,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | South Africa |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Southern Ndebele
The branches above Southern Ndebele, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in South Africa
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