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Northern Ndebele (English: / ə n d ə ˈ b eɪ l eɪ /), also called Ndebele, isiNdebele saseNyakatho, [citation needed] Zimbabwean Ndebele, [2] [4] Sindebele or North Ndebele, [5] [6] associated with the term Matabele, is a Bantu language spoken by the Northern Ndebele people which belongs to the Nguni group of languages.
Bilingual sign in Afrikaans and Transvaal Ndebele at the Pretoria Art Museum. isiNdebele (English: / ɛ n d ə ˈ b iː l iː /), also known as Southern Ndebele [1] [4] [5] is an African language belonging to the Mbo group of Bantu languages, spoken by the Ndebele people of South Africa.
Ndebele language may refer to: Northern Ndebele language ( isiNdebele saseNyakatho ) or Zimbabwean Ndebele, spoken in Zimbabwe Southern Ndebele language ( isiNdebele seSewula ) or Transvaal Ndebele, spoken in South Africa
The Ndebele language is closely related to the Zulu language of South Africa, and developed in Zimbabwe in the 19th century when Zulus migrated to what is now Zimbabwe from the Zulu Kingdom in 1839. Today, Ndebele is spoken by roughly about 13% of the population and is one of Zimbabwe's official languages. [3] [4] [5] [15] [16]
English is the main language used in the education and judicial systems. The Bantu languages Shona and Ndebele are the principal indigenous languages of Zimbabwe. Shona is spoken by 78% of the population, Ndebele by 20%. Other minority Bantu languages include Venda, Tsonga, Shangaan, Kalanga, Sotho, Ndau and Nambya.
The Northern Ndebele people (/ ˌ ɛ n d ə ˈ b ɛ l i,-ˈ b iː l i,-l eɪ /; EN-də-BE(E)L-ee, -ay; Northern Ndebele: amaNdebele) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. Significant populations of native speakers of the Northern Ndebele language (siNdebele) are found in Zimbabwe and as amaZulu in South Africa.
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.
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