venda language

colspan="2" bgcolor="orange" style="font-size:120%"\|Venda
valign="top"\|Spoken in:	South Africa and Zimbabwe.
valign="top"\|Region:	Northern Transvaal
valign="top"\|Total speakers:	750,000
valign="top"\|Ranking:	See http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/help/top-100-languages-by-population.html Not in top 100
valign="top"\|Genetic classification:	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Narrow Bantu Venda
colspan="2" bgcolor="orange"\|Official status
valign="top"\|Official language of:	valign="top"\|South Africa
valign="top"\|Regulated by:	valign="top"\|-
colspan="2" bgcolor="orange"\|Language codes
SO 639-2	ven
a href="/encyclopedia/SIL" title="SIL">SIL	VEN

Venda, also known as Tshivenda or Chivenda, is a Bantu language. The majority of Venda speakers live in South Africa (where Venda is an official language), but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe. Before South Africa became a democratic country, the bantustan of Venda was set up to cover the Venda speakers of South Africa.

Classification

Venda belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages.

Geographic distribution

Venda is spoken by about 666,000 people in the northern part of South Africa's Transvaal province, as well as 84,000 people in Zimbabwe.

Official status

Venda is an official language in South Africa.

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