Venda
language of the Venda people
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Summary
Venda is a natural language[1]. Venda draws 978 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #194 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: South Africa[3], Zimbabwe[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Southern Bantu[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Commons category: Venda language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: ve[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Venda language[10]
- Language regulatory body: Pan South African Language Board[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1,300,000[12]
- Native label: tshiVenḓa[13]
- Different from: Vedda[14]
- Indigenous to: Limpopo[15], Midlands Province[16], Matabeleland South Province[17], Masvingo Province[18]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/VEN[19]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[20]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Venda-language films[21]
Why It Matters
Venda has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Venda is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]