Venda language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Venda_language
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Bantu peoples
gptkbp:alphabet gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:endonym gptkb:Tshivenda
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Tshimanda
gptkb:Tshipani
gptkb:Tshiguvhu
Tshilembethu
gptkbp:hasPhonology tonal language
five vowel system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Venda language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code ve
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ven
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Niger-Congo
gptkb:Benue–Congo
gptkb:Southern_Bantu
gptkb:Atlantic–Congo
gptkbp:minorityIn gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Tshivenda
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 1.2 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:region gptkb:Limpopo_Province
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Pan_South_African_Language_Board
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sotho-Tswana_languages
gptkb:Shona_language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6