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Venda language

Spoken language
Venḓa or Tshivenḓa is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is mainly spoken by the Venda people or Vhavenḓa in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as by some Lemba people in South... Wikipedia
Region: Africa
Dialects: Guvhu; Ilafuri; Lembetu; Manda; Mbedzi; Phani; Tavha-Tsindi
Native speakers: 1.3 million (2011 census); 1.7 million L2 speakers in South Africa (2002)
Signed forms: Signed Venda
Writing system: Latin (Venda alphabet); Venda Braille; Ditema tsa Dinoko