Languages Spoken in South Africa - Ndebele
The Southern Ndebele language (isiNdebele or Nrebele in
Southern Ndebele) is an African language belonging to the Nguni group
of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele (the Ndebele people of
South Africa). There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa
The first group of Southern Ndebele speakers are found
in the Limpopo Province (formerly Northern Transvaal or Northern Province)
of South Africa around the Towns of Mokopane (Potgietersrus) and Polokwane
(Pietersburg). Unfortunately this language was never taken seriously,
so it was never taught at school and neither did anyone sit down and compile
a proper orthography. The language is sometimes mistakenly grouped under
the Northern Sotho group of dialects. This language is becoming extinct.
The new generation mostly speaks Northern Sotho.
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