Sumayela Ndebele language

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Sumayela sNdebele
SiNdebele sa seNyakatho
Northern Transvaal Ndebele
Native toSouth Africa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog sout2808
S.408 [1]

Sumayela Ndebele, Northern Transvaal Ndebele or siNdebele is a Bantu language of South Africa. It is spoken northeast of Southern Ndebele. [2] [3] [4] The language is more prevalent in the former Northern Transvaal (Polokwane mokopane). As a people the transvaal ndebele are an offshoot of Southern Ndebele, whom further got divided into 3 kingdoms recognised by the traditional leaders council: ndebele of Mgombhane Kekana, Langa Mapela , Lbelo Kgomotshwane, Ledwaba and Mashashane.

References

  1. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  2. ↑ Skhosana, Philemon Buti (2009). The Linguistic Relationship between Southern and Northern Ndebele (PDF) (DLitt thesis). University of Pretoria. hdl: 2263/28563 .
  3. ↑ "SiNdebele saseNyakatho". Northern Ndebele. 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  4. ↑ "South African Languages | Northern Ndebele". Salanguages.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
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