Northern Ndebele language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Northern_Ndebele_language
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:isiNdebele
gptkb:Sindebele
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Zulu_language
gptkbp:derivedFrom gptkb:Nguni_languages
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Zulu_language
gptkbp:endonym gptkb:isiNdebele
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Ndebele_people
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:firstLanguageSpeakers about 2 million
gptkbp:glottologCode nort2721
gptkbp:hasConsonants yes
gptkbp:hasDialects no major dialects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Northern Ndebele language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code nd
gptkbp:ISO639-3 nde
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkbp:linguisticTypology agglutinative language
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 2.5 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:region gptkb:Matabeleland
gptkbp:secondLanguageSpeakers hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:status official language in Zimbabwe
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Nguni_languages
gptkbp:supportsLanguage nd
gptkbp:usedInEducation gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:usedInLiterature gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:usedInRadio gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ndebele_language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7