Tshivenda

Tshivenda
Spoken in	Republic of South Africa , Zimbabwe
speaker	1 million
Linguistic ; classification	Niger Congo Languages Benue Congo languages Bantoid languages Bantu languages Tshivenda ;
Official status
Official language in	Republic of South Africa , Zimbabwe
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	ve
ISO 639 -2	ven
ISO 639-3	ven

Share of Tshivenda speakers in South Africa (2011)

Density of Tshivenda speakers in South Africa (2011)

Tshivenda (also: Chivenda , Venda ) is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of South Africa by 1.87 percent (as of 2015) of the 15-year-old population .

It is from the ethnic groups of the Venda and Lemba spoken. A small number of speakers live in Zimbabwe . There is no uniform standard language.

During apartheid in South Africa, the Venda speakers should be united in the Homeland Venda .

Web links

Commons : Tshivenda - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikipedia on Tshivenda

Individual evidence

^ Institute of Race Relations : South Africa Survey 2017 . Johannesburg 2017, p. 74

[1] Institute of Race Relations : South Africa Survey 2017 . Johannesburg 2017, p. 74