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Venda language


Name	Venda
Nativename
States	South Africa Zimbabwe
Region	Limpopo Province
Speakers	875 000
Familycolor	Niger-Congo
Script	Latin alphabet
Fam2	Atlantic � Congo
Fam3	Benue � Congo
Fam4	Bantoid
Fam5	Bantu
Fam6	Southern Bantu
Nation	South Africa
Iso1	ve\|iso2=ven\|iso3=ven
Notice	IPA

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Venda, also known as , or , is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. The majority of Venda speakers live in South Africa, but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe. The Venda language is related to Kalanga (Western Shona, different from Shona, official language of Zimambwe) which is spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe. During the Apartheid era of South Africa, the bantustan of Venda was set up to cover the Venda speakers of South Africa.

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