Southern Ndebele
language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, one of the official languages of South Africa
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Summary
Southern Ndebele is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (609 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: South Africa[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Nguni[5], Zunda[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7], Latin alphabet[8]
- Commons category: Southern Ndebele language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: nr[10]
- Coordinate location: -26.2, 29.9[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Southern Ndebele language[12]
- Language regulatory body: Pan South African Language Board[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 640,000[14]
- Native label: IsiNdebele[15]
- Indigenous to: Gauteng[16], Mpumalanga[17], Limpopo[18], North West[19]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NBL[20], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#SouthNdebele[21]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[22]
Why It Matters
Southern Ndebele has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]