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Language code: ven

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ven

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The table below provides technical details for the Venda language, designated by the ven code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

ven

Name

Official

Venda

Native

Tshivenḓa

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Tshiphani (Phani)TshimbedziTshingonaTshilembethu
Related languages
ShonaKalangaNorthern SothoTsonga
Key facts
Uses the Latin alphabet extended with special under-dotted letters such as ḓ, ṱ, ḽ, ṋ and ṅIt is a tonal language where high, low and falling tones create lexical and grammatical contrastsVenda forms a linguistic bridge between the Sotho–Tswana group to the south and the Shona cluster to the northThe language maintains an elaborate noun-class system with more than a dozen classes typical of Bantu languagesRich oral traditions include praise poetry (zwita) and storytelling accompanied by indigenous instruments like the mbila.
Sample phrase

Ndaa, naa ni hone?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Venda language, identified by the code ven, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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