Ndebele

NDE

wider communication

Alternate Names: Isinde’bele, Ndebele of Zimbabwe, Northern Ndebele, Sindebele, Tabele, Tebele

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Zulu ,.

Status Notes: De facto national working language.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
S
Nguni (S.44)

Demographics: 1,550,000 in Zimbabwe (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 1,572,800.

Language Use: Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Kalanga [kck], Nambya [nmq].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 55%. Dictionary. Bible: 1978.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Zimbabwe

Other Comments: Different from Ndebele , of Transvaal, South Africa.