ISO 639-3 · venven
Niger–Congo family
Venda
tshiVenḓa
Venda is a language of the Southern Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Wikidata counts 1.3 m first-language speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “language of the Venda people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ven- ISO 639-1
ve- Glottocode
vend1245- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- -22.60, 31.00
- Wikipedia
- 79 language editions
1.3 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
8levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Venda · tshiVenḓa |
|---|---|
| Also called | ve, Venda language |
| L1 speakers | 1,300,000 (2011) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | South Africa, Zimbabwe |
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 Venda
The branches above Venda, 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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